Control de plagas en la industria de alimentos. Riesgos para la salud.

Maintaining food safety is a task that must be carried out by addressing all factors that may affect it, and perhaps one of the most challenging risks in the food industry is the proper and adequate control of pests. This is no small matter, given that different pests are vectors, a vector being understood as a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human, another animal, or directly to food, transmitting different types of contamination and consequently seriously affecting the safety and health of consumers of food that has been exposed to pests. To carry out adequate pest control in the industry, it is necessary to first identify the different pests that may be present, as well as their habits and behaviors.