| Airborne Attack on HACCP Is
your HACCP program overlooking an airborne attack on its integrity? Flying insects should
certainly rank as hazards with a capital “H” in any Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point formula for the food industry. The Order Diptera has more than earned
its reputation as the most dangerous group of insects associated with humans.
As they cruise their favorite fast food establishments - which include garbage, feces,
and dead animals - they accumulate bacteria that cause diarrhea, dysentery and typhoid
fever, along with parasites such as giardia, pinworms and tapeworms.
As many as 6 million bacteria may be distributed on mouthparts, body hairs, and feet
sharing a ride with 25 million more harbored internally. These legions acquire aerial
transport to another favorite stomping ground for flies: food intended for human
consumption. 
And it literally is a stomping ground, since dipterans lack teeth and must
regurgitate internally produced enzymes and stomp them into food to liquefy it for
consumption. While waiting for the enzymes to work, they may walk around the area and
perhaps drop some excrement. These atrocious table manners amount to biological warfare on
the human consumers who are next in line.
How Can ACTRON
Help?
This airborne attack represents a contamination hazard that must be dealt with in a
truly comprehensive HACCP strategy. Actron offers a comprehensive line of weapons to
defend against this threat. Of course, an effective program for controlling flying insects
should also include sanitation and exclusion measures. Actron's Integrated Fly Management
Program™ delineates a complete strategy for victory in this war.
If you would like to learn more about how Integrated Fly Management™ in
conjunction with our innovative technology can fill the gaps in your HACCP program's
defense against contamination, please review our IFM™
program.
Also, learn more about how flies fit into the HACCP equation in the article Flies and HACCP. |
