Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found live Khapra Beetle larvae and a number of dead adult beetles comingled within a shipment of rice from Saudi Arabia in Philadelphia earlier this month.

Pests can be a nuisance for everyone, but for the food industry, they can be a real nightmare.

Food safety remained the central theme for Pest Invasion 2016 held last month in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

While it’s nice to see spring breath life back into nature after a long winter, this time of year also means the reemergence of pest problems for the food industry.

USDA confirmed the first recorded long horned beetle in the US was intercepted in a shipment of Costa Rican pineapples.

Patricia Hottel provides interior and exterior pest prevention tips.