Smarter Rodent Control Starts Here: QA Virtual Conference Set for April 1

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio — Join Quality Assurance & Food Safety magazine for the free Rodent Control in Food Facilities virtual conference on Wednesday, April 1, starting at noon ET. QA is convening leading pest management professionals, food safety experts and industry peers to share proven practices, emerging innovations and real-world solutions.

Rodents aren’t just a nuisance — they’re one of the most significant food safety and operational threats facing food and beverage processing facilities today. In QA magazine’s 2025 State of the Rodent Control Market survey, 54% of quality and food safety professionals identified rodents as a pest of concern, with many ranking them among top risks due to their ability to infiltrate buildings, contaminate products and trigger costly production stoppages.

These agile pests can slip through dime-sized openings, damage packaging and ingredients, and even force line shutdowns or rejection of incoming materials — all while jeopardizing food safety and brand reputation.

Understanding where rodent pressure points occur, how they exploit facility vulnerabilities and which strategies work best is essential. Whether you’re refining an existing program or building one from the ground up, this virtual conference delivers actionable insights to help you monitor, prevent and control rodent threats more effectively.

Featured speakers include:

• Shannon Sked, Ph.D., director, Western Fumigation
• Chelle Hartzer, entomologist and owner, 360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
• Adam Holt, founder, NameDatBug Consulting
• Warren Ryan, founder, Ryan Pest Consulting

Sponsors include Trapmate by Skyhawk, Woodstream and Xcluder.

Register here.