UV-A light traps for monitoring and control in the food industry
Technical note on UV-A light traps for monitoring and control in the food industry, with a focus on diagnosis, prevention and criteria applicable to professional pest management.
UV-A light traps within the wide variety of products offered as solutions for pest control in the food industry are of vital importance, considering the strict safety standards and good manufacturing practices that significantly limit the use of pesticides, in response to the risk of contamination of the food that is produced.
Thus, today these equipment are essential in Integrated Urban Pest Management programs, which seek to combine several strategies generating interaction and synergism between them, since they constitute physical methods that do not contain toxins or dangerous agents that could contaminate any production process and that significantly help compliance with the HACCP system, as well as other international food safety standards.
The versatility of this equipment allows the monitoring of the diversity and population abundance of flying insects to evaluate seasonality, failures in the airtightness of the facilities and eventually the efficiency of chemical control actions, all with a view to redirecting Integrated Urban Pest Management strategies, including sanitary design and maintenance, that is, exclusion and cleaning measures aimed at contributing to the safety of the foods that are manufactured.
Additionally, they favor pest control to the extent that they capture all the specimens that, attracted by UV-A radiation, remain adhered to the adhesive sheets.
The effectiveness and efficiency of a UV-A light trap is linked to the use of fluorescent lamps with greater production of UV-A radiation, to the design that allows the greatest diffusion of radiation, to the short space between the adhesive sheet and the fluorescent lamp to maximize capture, and to energy savings in its operation.
In this order of ideas, AROD UV-A light traps, a leader in Latin America in the manufacture and sale of this equipment, use PHILIPS ACTINIC SECURA fluorescent lamps, which produce more UV-A radiation than those of other brands and are shatterproof. Likewise, the design of the Bugster 60, 30 and 15 models allow greater diffusion of radiation and are very compact to ensure capture, without losing the touch of elegance and discretion.
Choosing a good brand of UV-A light traps must go hand in hand with proper installation. To define the places where the equipment should be installed, it is necessary to consider the competition with solar UV-A radiation and the behavioral patterns of the target pests, including flight ranges.
In this context, it is necessary to have good technical support from adequately trained and qualified personnel to get the most out of the use of the UV-A traps in question. INREP SAC puts at your disposal its professionals with recognized experience to advise and assist you in the Integrated Management of Urban Pests.
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