Controlling Pest Birds In The Food Processing Industry

by Fran Prisco
 
Pest birds can be a serious health and safety issue if they are not controlled. In food processing plants they can cause extensive damage, health issues and safety problems to workers. Pest birds such as pigeons, starlings and sparrows are very common in and around commercial facilities. These facilities often provide perfect roosting places, shelter for nesting and a wonderful food source. Pest bird feces is acidic and can be quite corrosive to building material and machinery, it can also carry any of 60 known transmittable diseases. Contamination of bird feces, feathers and debris is a big problem in the food processing industry. Health officials can close plants for days to weeks when contamination is found.
 
Once it is determined that there is an issue with pest birds, plant managers must survey the area to see what the pest birds are doing. In order to implement an effective pest bird control program you must know if the birds are roosting, nesting and if they have a good source of food, water and shelter. Once you know what the birds are doing and where they are; an effective bird control system can be installed.

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Bye-bye birdie: The poop on pigeon control

Pigeons are the dirty little secret of many NYC apartment buildings: They render terraces unusable and devour facades with their acid-charged droppings. Worse, pigeons love to nest in rooftop HVAC systems, where they can potentially spread disease through an entire building, posing a serious risk to people with compromised immune systems.

“Diseases are carried in the feces—and when the feces dry up and become airborne, like when someone sweeps them, they can be inhaled or enter the body through any openings like your eyes or a cut,”

says Bruce Donoho, owner of Bird.B.Gone, which manufacturers many of the bird control products used in the city.  The disease-bearing spores can also be inhaled by your window air conditioner and spewed into your apartment.

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Bird-B-Gone Mist Makes Buildings Magazine's
Top 100 Products of 2009

Thu Jun 18, 3:05 am ET

Mission Viejo, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2009 -- Bird-B-Gone Mist, the latest ground-breaking product offered by Bird-B-Gone Inc., has been named one of Buildings Magazines' TOP 100 Products of 2009! Products were chosen based on their "innovation, functionality, efficiency, and environmental friendliness".

From the editors; "Ideal for hard-to-treat open spaces, rooftops, warehouses or buildings, Bird-B-Gone Mist is an advanced hazing system that emits a non-toxic grape extract into the air to deter birds, geese, and ducks." The unit has a programmable LCD touch screen, and can be operated at a distance. Bird-B-Gone Mist is ideal for airfields, manufacturing plants, warehouses, rooftops, and any large open space where pest birds have become a problem.

Buildings Magazine covers development, management, construction, and operation for the building and facilities management industry.

Bird-B-Gone, Inc was founded in 1992, and offers a complete line of affordable, and effective bird control products made in the U.S.A. Products include netting, spikes, slope, electric track, and more. For additional information on Bird-B-Gone visit; www.birdbgone.com, or call 1-800-392-6915.

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Hardware show offers ideas for Dad's day

Glenn Haege: The Handyman

Every year, the National Hardware Show is the mecca for seeing the latest innovations in products for the home, and this year was no exception. Held in Las Vegas, this year's show featured close to 3,000 exhibitors and more than 27,000 members of the hardware industry.

" One of the most unique products I saw at the show was the Hawk from Bird-B-Gone, (800) 392-6915, www.birdbgone. com. The Bird-B-Gone Hawk is the first red-tailed hawk decoy on the market that helps keep both unwanted birds and rodents away from your house, deck or garden."

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