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We are pleased to recommend these educational materials to support your flying insect control and food safety programs.


IFM Presentation

Producer: Actron, Inc.
Format: Animated presentation in Macromedia Flash.
Price:  Free to our guests.

A variety of tactics may be required for effective fly management.  There is no 1-2-3 or one-size-fits-all approach.  This lively Flash Presentation covers the techniques and benefits of Integrated Fly Management (IFM), supplementing the educational materials in our Resource Center.


Books

"Fundamentals of Microanalytical Entomology, 
A Practical Guide to Detecting and Identifying Filth in Foods."

Alan R. Olsen, 
Thomas H. Sidebottom, 
Sherry A. Knight.
Price: $159.95 (as of May 2003)

This text by practicing FDA regulatory experts offers insight into the practical applications of microanalytical entomology in the laboratory and in the field of consumer protection. Particularly relevant in these days of food safety concern.
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"Physician's Guide to Arthropods of Medical Importance."

Jerome Goddard.
Price: $149.95 (as of May 2003)

An essential tool for identifying arthropods - including varieties of insects, spiders, mites, and scorpions - and the related health problems. Particularly relevant is the information on "filth flies" and the health implications.
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"Fruit Fly Pests,
A World Assessment of Their Biology and Management."

Editors: Gary J. Steck and Bruce A. McPheron.
Price: $159.95 (as of May 2003)

An exhaustive compendium of information, a definitive work on fruit flies, containing 100 contributions from experts all over the world.
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"Food Safety and Toxicity."

Editor: John De Vries.
Price: $84.95  (as of May 2003)

Examines the many current problems and changes in food safety and toxicity. In clear, non-technical language, brings you up-to-date on the significant food safety issues confronting us today.
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Videos

(VHS - Please inquire for other available formats and quantity discounts)

"The Freeloaders"

Producer: Continental Film Productions
Format: 10:08 minutes, color, VHS
Order number: CF-FC12
Price: $90.00

How to deny rats, cockroaches, flies, ants and other pests a home in your foodservice establishment!

This entertaining sanitation film places emphasis on general good housekeeping, prompt removal of trash, and cleanliness practices which deny these pests a home.

Live action photography accompanied by skillful animation.

Produced by Continental Film Productions 1973 with National Restaurant Association, in cooperation with National Pest Control Association and Health Department officials.

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"Flies, Filth and Food, Part I"

Producer: Continental Film Productions
Format: 15:00 minutes, color, VHS
Order number: CF-FC10
Price: $90.00

This award-winning animated filmstrip is the first in a two-part series examining the ecology of the fly. It reveals insights as to why flies should not be tolerated in foodservice establishments.

The film follows the fly's daily routine from filth to food, and convinces employees to cooperate in a fly-control program of sanitation, exclusion, and proper disposal of waste materials. Should be shown to all foodservice trainees/employees.

"Flies, Filth and Food, Part II"

Producer: by Continental Film Productions
Format: 7:50 minutes, color, VHS
Order number: CF-FC11
Price: $90.00

This second part of a two-part series spells out the basic methods for the chemical extermination of the fly.

Through total animation, the film sets guidelines for the safest and most effective use of all types of insecticides, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

 



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