Safety of your food stock at stack with mice infestation

Mice are dangerous destructors when it comes to food stock at homes. It is normal for families to stock up food and presence of mice is always a threat to the food stock. According to reports 20% of global food wastage and contamination is attributed to rodents like mice and rats. Besides stealing food items mice also contaminate them by treading over them, urinating and defecating on them. Mouse droppings can spread dangerous diseases like Hantavirus and other deadly diseases. They actually waste more food than they eat and that makes them more dangerous. If an infestation has already taken place, it is time that you get rid of them using professional services like BBPP, the most effective mice exterminator Thornhill and nearby areas. .     

Your food safety is at stake

Mice have great burrowing skills and strong jaws that can chew through materials, rip open sacks of grain and tear food packets and spill them on the ground. Establishments like warehouses or food processing facilities are more at stake because they provide ideal food and water source for rodents. A processing, warehouse or storage facility is susceptible to rodent occupation as they food in plenty. Rodents like rats have the capacity to consume 30 grams of grain and if a facility has 100 rats they can devour 46 pounds of food per week. It is not just the food they eat that causes so much loss, but also the food they spill on the ground and the contamination they cause to the surfaces. People working in these facilities are likely to catch a rodent borne disease which may prove fatal.

It is the similar story at home, where your food storage is under attack. You are likely to store food grains, flour, cereals, pulses, nuts, and seeds on kitchen shelves or store room. Mice and Rats with their sharp teeth and strong jaws are capable of ripping open packages containing the items and wasting them. Mice can damage insulation by chewing on them and also cut wires and cause electric short circuits and fires. They would also enter into your sofa by creating an entry and build nest over there. They will take refuge in garage, car hoods, musical instruments, table drawers, shelves, behind fridge, under the sink, kitchen cabinets and wardrobes. Material damage through furniture, masonry, home appliances and electric panels are extensive when they grown in a big colony. A house owner is likely to suffer quite a lot in terms of money, peace and possible infections spread by mice.

Your health is at stake

Contaminated food when consumed can cause both respiratory and gastro ailments causing flu, fever, headache, muscle ache, stomach ache, vomiting, and diarrhea. Rodents can also spread deadly illnesses like Bubonic Plague, Hantavirus, LCMV, Salmonellosis, rate-bit-fever etc and all these are due to mice contaminated food items and surfaces. When you come in contact with them or eat them you will get all these fatal diseases. If you are in a predicament over food safety from mice, you can call BBPP, the best Pest control Thornhill and exterminate them comprehensively and avoid further food damage and loss. Call BBPP on phone number 647-910-6315 or email to info@bbppcanada.com and get as free quote.

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