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  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Customer Login
  • Industries Protected
  • Pest Prevention Services
    • Rodent Prevention Service
    • Rodent Repellant Service
    • Insect Prevention Service
    • Pest Surveillance Service
    • Bird Prevention Services
  • Bart Eldridge Award
  • Current Events
  • Archived Events
  • Expanded Service Area!
  • Audit & Regulatory
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Archived Events

2019 New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference and Trade Show to be held on December 10-11-12, 201

Catherine Lindell, Michigan State University

Controlling   bird damage with raptors 


David Allaben, NH USDA Wildlife Services, Integrated Pest Management Practices for Protecting Vegetable and Fruit Crops in New England


Colin Kinnard, Wellscroft Fence Systems, Three Critical Components for Maintaining an Effective Wildlife Exclusion Fence

    

Chris Del Rossi, Food and Drug and the Bug, Rodent Control in your wash/pack

     

Giff Burnap, Butternut Farm, Rats, porcupine and deer, oh my! Stories & strategies from the farm.

     

Hank Bissel, Lewis Creek Farm, (Continued) Rats, porcupine and deer, oh my! Stories & strategies from the farm.

Sanitation Course: University of Maine, Bangor Campus

March 18, 2020 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Our Founder, Chris Del Rossi will be presenting information on up-to-date pest exclusion and prevention strategies.  Chris will also discuss proactive ways to satisfy FSMA and GFSI as it pertains to ensuring your pest prevention program is in continual compliance.

In this 1-day program you will learn the essentials of food processing sanitation. Topics covered include Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, choosing the correct Sanitizers and Cleaners, Pest Management Programs, Record Keeping, and Implementing SSOPs in your facility/Kitchen.

Who should attend: QC, QC directions, kitchen managers/operators, plant managers, line workers
For more information, contact Theresa Tilton at 207.942.7396, 800.287.1485 (in Maine) or theresa.tilton@maine.edu.

March 18, 2020 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Cost: $100.00 per person in-state, $150 out-of-state,  (includes notebook and lunch) The Sanitation course is a prerequisite to the HACCP course. Information covered in the sanitation course will be used and referenced in the HACCP course.Location: 307 Maine Avenue, Bangor, ME

Instructors:Dr. Jason Bolton, Cooperative Extension Food Safety Specialist Dr. Beth Calder, Cooperative Extension Food Science Specialist Dr. Rob Machado, Cooperative Extension Food Science Specialist Noah Hershey, Food Sanitation Expert, Alpha Chemical Chris Del Rossi, Food and Drug and the Bug Chris Savage, Best Sanitizers Ronda Stone, Maine Dept. of Agriculture., Conservation and Forestry 

CORNELL UNIVERSITY'S RONALD D. GARDNER FOOD PROCESSING PEST MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FEB 4-5, 2020

RIT Inn & Conference Center 5257 W. Henrietta Road Henrietta, NY 14467
February 4: Food Processing 7:15
Course Registration, Pastries, Coffee 7:50
Welcome and Introductions
Dan Wixted, Cornell PMEP 8:00
Managing Rodents in Food Facilities
Bobby Corrigan, RMC Pest Consulting Services 9:00
Food Pest Management Products Update
Multiple Exhibitors 9:30
Managing Sanitation Pests in Food Processing Facilities
Cisse Spragins, Rockwell Labs 10:30
Break and Visit Exhibits 11:00
Meeting FSMA, USDA, and 3rd-Party Auditors’ Pest Management Requirements
Chris Del Rossi, Food and Drug and the Bug 12:00
Lunch and Visit Exhibits 1:00
Pest Exclusion in Grain Facilities
Matt Frye, NYSIPM 2:00
Break and Visit Exhibits 2:15
Pesticide Regulation Update
Don Nelson, NYSDEC 3:00
Break and Visit Exhibits 3:15
Leveraging Technology to Raise the Bar in Pest Management
Joe Barile, Bayer Environmental Science 4:15
Adjourn
DEC Recertification Credits:
Category 7A = 3.00 + Core = 0.75 Total 3.75
Category 7F = 5.50 + Core = 0.75 Total 6.25
Category 8 = 4.50 + Core = 0.75 Total 5.25

NEIFT Food Industry Expo May 15, 2019 DCU Center Worcester, MA

Come see us at booth #115, we'll have snacks...stay and chat a while! 

2019 FDA Annual Northeast Food Protection Seminar September 18-20, 2019

Holiday Inn 300 Woodbury Ave Portsmouth NH 03801

Wednesday - September 18, 2019

AM Moderator:

8:00-8:30 Conference Registration

8:30-9:15 Welcome/Introductory Remarks

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services-Lisa Morris, Director  FDA-Liz O’Malley, Director, Retail Food Protection Branch 1

9:15-10:00 FDA – Office of Training Education and Development Update-Developing Courses Nationwide/Kimberly Destromp 

10:00-10:15  Tips & Tricks for Success: Support for the AFDO-Managed FDA Retail Program Standards Grant Program /Mike Turner

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:30 FDA – Office of Partnerships Update on Funding for Retail Food Safety/Maribeth Niesen

11:30-1:00 Collaborative Event

PM Moderator:

1:00-1:45 Behavior of Commensal Rodents- Food Drug and the Bug/ Chris Del Rossi 

1:45-2:30 Driving Food Safety Culture in Restaurants-Yum Brands/Jessica Zetlau

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:30 New Hampshire Therapeutic Cannabis Overview and Lessons Learned/Mike Holt, New Hampshire Therapeutic Cannabis Program

3:30-4:45 State Panel Discussion – Cannabidiol (CBD) in Food. Status of Cannabis Regulations in the Northeast

4:45-5:00 Closing Remarks

Thursday – September 19, 2019

AM Moderator:

8:00-8:15 Conference Registration

8:15-9:00 Food Safety Programs and Software Systems- Lisa Berger- Relevent 

9:00-9:45  Advancing Food Safety with Technology-Eric Moore -Testo Solutions

9:45-10:00 Break

10:00-10:45  FDA - CFSAN Updates from the Center for Food Safety and Applied 

Nutrition/Charles Idjagboro

10:45-11:30 Aquaponics Operations Food Safety-University of New Hampshire/Dr. Todd Guerdat

11:30-1:00 Lunch Break (on our own)

PM Moderator:

1:00-1:45 National Parks-Food Safety Systems and Challenges- Aramark/Jackie Mckenna Dalton  

1:45-2:30 Daneen Farrow-Collier, National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) -Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-4:00 Transport to Pease Tradeport-Food Processing Facility

4:00-9:00pm Processing Tour and Networking Social

Friday – September 20, 2019

AM Moderator:

8:30-9:15 Traceback at Retail Food Establishments during an Outbreak Investigation/Kim Langello

9:15-10:00 USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service Update/Tom Collaro  

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:00 Reaching NH Maple producers with information on: FSMA, State Regulations & Food Safety-University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension/Mary Choate

11:00-11:45 New Hampshire Hepatitis A Outbreak and impacts to Food Establishments/Zachary McCormic, Food Epidemiologist, NH Department of Health and Human Services

11:45-12:00 Closing Remarks  


New England Pest Management Association (NEPMA)

Fall, 2019 Annual PMP Training Meeting November 6, 2019 Holiday Inn, Taunton, MA

Our Founder, Chris Del Rossi will be providing practical information to Pest Management Professionals (PMPs) on how to design and implement pest prevention programs that satisfy current FSMA requirements. 


CFR 117.35 Sanitary Facilities states that: (c) Pest control. Pests must not be  allowed in any area of a food plant. Guard, guide, or pest-detecting  dogs may be allowed in some areas of a plant if the presence of the dogs  is unlikely to result in contamination of food, food-contact surfaces,  or food-packaging materials. Effective measures must be taken to exclude  pests from the manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding areas  and to protect against the contamination of food on the premises by  pests. The use of pesticides to control pests in the plant is permitted only under precautions and restrictions that will protect against the  contamination of food, food-contact surfaces, and food-packaging  materials.  

FDA Northeast Region Food Protection Seminar

2020 FDA Annual Northeast Food Protection Seminar

September 16-18, 2020

Graduate Providence

(f/k/a Providence Biltmore Hotel)

11 Dorrance Street

Providence, Rhode Island

(401) 421-0700

FIND OUT MORE

FDA Registration & Information

2020 Registration form (003) (doc)Download
2020 Seminar Notice 1 (pdf)Download

New England Pest Management Association Training

New technologies!

Our own Chris Del Rossi, A.C.E. will be presenting "Servicing Food Manufacturing and Distribution Centers" 

New England Pest Management spring training, 2022

Fabulous Presenters!

https://www.nepma.org/training-and-education/spring-training/

AAPS 2022 PHarmSCi 360 October 16-19, 2022 Boston Convention

AAPS 2022 PHarmSCi 360 October 16-19, 2022 Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Boston, MA

Come visit us at booth #1350!

https://www.aaps.org/aaps/pharmsci/annual-meeting


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NEW ENGLAND PEST MANAGEMENT 2023 FALL TRAINING!

As always, NEPMA fall training is bound to be a huge success!  Over 250 pest management professionals from all over New England attending to sharpen their skills. Reach out to learn more.

Starving & Angry Rats During COVID-19 Pandemic

Starving, angry and cannibalistic: America's rats are getting desperate amid coronavirus pandemic
"A new 'army' of rats come in, and whichever army has the strongest rats is going to conquer that area," said Bobby Corrigan, an urban rodentologist.
 

Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AQ6sRdqQpRqmQ29wQXPBLZA

 

New England Pest Management (NEPMA) Spring Training!

Over 300 attendees! https://www.nepma.org/training-and-education/spring-training/ 

2nd annual rodent summit!

March 21, 2024 Forshaw Distributors 101 Morgan Drive Norwood, MA 02062 - 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

   

TO REGISTER:  https://square.link/u/TKdEgvND 

8:00 to 8:30 Registration, Breakfast & Mingle with Exhibitors 

8:35 to 8:45 Opening Remarks – Chris Del Rossi, Founder & President – Food and Drug and the Bug LLC

8:50 to 9:45 “State of the Rodent Control Industry” Sheila Haddad, Director of Sales East - Bell Laboratories® World Leader in Rodent Control 

9:50 to 10:45 “Hide & Squeak: Mouse Behavior in Food Handling Establishments”

Matt Frye, PhD Cornell University

o Describes the changing regulatory environment and the importance of effective rodent management

o Covers biology of mice in food establishments: how & why they enter and what they do upon entry

o Introduces concepts of devices placement, monitoring and exclusion (covered in second presentation).

10:50 to 11:15 Break – Snacks & Beverages & Mingle with Exhibitors

11:20 to 11:50 “House Mouse Avoidance Behavior - 2023 Update”

Quinn Pitcock, Lead Pest Prevention Specialist – Food and Drug and the Bug LLC

Lunch & Mingle with Exhibitors

12:00 to 12:45

12:50 to 1:50 Scientific Mouse Management

Matt Frye, PhD Cornell University Describes the components of a mouse/rodent management program in food facilities

o Includes detailed inspections, scientific device placement, scientific monitoring (heat maps, etc.), interpretation, pest exclusion practices and value, etc.

1:55 to 2:20 Updates to EPA / Rules and Regulations

Kevin Moran, B.C.E. Technical Director Forshaw Distributors 

2:25 to 2:40 Break – Snacks & Beverages & Mingle with Exhibitors

2:45 to 3:00 Updates from Dr. Bobby Corrigan: Info from National Pest Management Association’s, Eastern Conference

Chris Del Rossi, Associated Certified Entomologist – Founder & President, Food and Drug and the Bug LLC

3:05 to 3:35 Interactive Break Out Session “Team up to Prevent!”

   3:40 to 4:00 Additional Questions, Closing Remarks & Adjourn


NEW HAMPSHIRE'S 2024 Food safety summit

 

2024 Food Safety Summit

April 11, 2024

Derry Municipal Building

14 Manning Street, Derry NH

 

Agenda

8:45-9:30 Conference Registration

9:30-9:40 Welcome/Introductory Remarks

9:40-10:40 Risk Based Inspections Presentation and Interactive Activity/Valerie Potopsingh, Retail Food Specialist, US Food and Drug Administration

10:45-12pm Service Dogs-What You Need to Know-Charles Saia and Louise McBride-NH Governor’s Commission on Disability

12pm-1pm Lunch Networking Event

1:00-2:00pm Rats in Food Establishments-Why the Uptick?/Chris Del Rossi, Food Drug and the Bug, LLC

2:00-3:00 Panel Discussion on NH Food Regulations-Barriers to Food Code adoption

3:00-3:15pm Closing Remarks and Evaluation


CANADIAN PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

 

SATURDAY, April 20, 2024!  

Halifax, Nova Scotia

For more information:

https://www.pestworldcanada.net/meetings-events/2024-pest-management-canada/

 

2:30 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.  

A Practical Guide for Stored Product Pest Risk Management & Prevention in Food Handling & Manufacturing Environments

Chris Del Rossie, ACE, Food and Drug and the Bug, Portland, ME             

Preventing stored product pests in food handling/manufacturing is  crucial. The risks of these commodity pests range from; contaminating  products leading to health risks for consumers, to Infestations that  result in financial losses, to damaging the brand of the  handler/manufacturer, to compromising the overall quality and safety of  the food products. Rigorous prevention measures help maintain sanitation  standards, adhere to regulations, and safeguard the integrity of the  food supply chain. In this discussion, uncover ways to understand the  site-specific risks of various types of facilities and the methods of  the prevention of stored product pests. 


Association of Food and Drug Officials, food safety EVENT!

educate your team!

Our Founder & President, Chris Del Rossi will be presenting up-to-date information on the dangers of house mice in food establishments. Link to the event here:

 

https://nefdoa.org/events/

PLANNING FOR PESTWORLD DENVER, 2024...STAND BY!

PESTWORLD DENVER, 2024

MORE INFO HERE: https://www.npmapestworld.org/attend/industry-events-calendar/pestworld-2024/

Pest Education!

https://nepma.wildapricot.org/event-6005957

3RD ANNUAL RODENT AND PEST SUMMIT MARCH 20, 2025

PROTECT YOUR BRAND THROUGH EDUCATION!

More to arrive soon regarding presenters and topics!

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