McCloud Hosted 10th Annual Food Processing Training Conference

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — In March, McCloud Services hosted its 10th specialized pest management conference geared towards the food processing industry.

This year’s seminar included presentations by rodent expert Dr. Robert Corrigan, NPMA Vice President, Greg Baumann, McCloud training director, Kim Kelley Tunis, BASF Technical Representative, Dr. Anil Menon and CEO of Rockwell Labs, Dr. Cisse Spragins.

More than 200 attendees were present at the seminar representing food plant professionals, pest management professionals and health department employees.

McCloud blends hands-on lab exercises with lecture for at their meetings. This provides opportunities for trainees to interact with each other and the instructors. This year’s hands on training focused on rodent biology, identification and control. Lectures included information on rodents, as well as ants, food safety, food plant inspections, NPMA Food Plant Standards, stored product pests and small flies. One unique presentation made by McCloud Food Safety Manager, Dave Pettigrew focused on the importance of food safety considerations in pest management procedures. For example, the proper order of servicing food processing facilities from sensitive to non-sensitive areas and the methods technicians can utilize to minimize physical allergen transfer in allergen free zones of food processing facilities.

McCloud’s 11th annual seminar will be March 11th and 12th, 2008. For more information or to register for future seminar updates, go to www.mccloudservices.com.