Pest Management Professional, September 2010
Use your written log report to tie your activities and recommendations to the rules of the NOP What you found on your inspection Deficiencies you need your client to remedy via sanitation improvements structural repairs and changes in personnel practices and Pesticide applications you made including all information necessary for compliance with state record keeping requirements and the record keeping requirements of the client and its third party auditors Most importantly use your written log report to tie your activities and recommendations to the rules of the NOP for pest management Some pest management companies have created special forms that are used to track pest management activity and tie each action taken to a specific paragraph of the organic rules In such a form the rules themselves are reprinted on the form and the technician performing the service checks a box for each action or recommendation reported indicating to which part of the organic rules that action or recommendation pertains In this way the technician the companys quality assurance staff the client and any organic inspector can easily see that the rules were considered and complied with Summary As more food processors packagers and retailers seek organic certification all of us need expertise in servicing organic facilities We must offer programs that Spell out our commitment to the spirit and the letter of organic rules Are based on sound IPM principles Show our understanding of and compliance with the organic rules and Are backed up by carefully maintained written records showing a paper trail of compliance Put a sound program in place execute it perfectly and youll reap the rewards of client loyalty and knowing youre doing your part to protect your clients and their customers PMP You can reach Bruesch Board Certified Entomologist and technical director for Plunketts Pest Control at jay@ plunketts net Circle 131 www mypmp net SEPTEMBER 2010 PEST MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL 61
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