DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF PEST INFESTATION ON STORED PRODUCTS

• MATERIAL LOSS - direct loss/damage to products, packaging and property.
• QUALITY LOSS - biological activity, excessive respiration and excretion of metabolites and toxic substances accelerates deteriorative processes resulting to loss of nutritive value and decreased palatability.
• PHYSICAL AND HEALTH HAZARD - urban flies of unknown origin have been attributed to rodents gnawing electrical cables