Bird control that protects your food-safety certification
One pigeon roosting above a production line is a documented contamination pathway, and your auditor knows it. Bird droppings carry Salmonella and Listeria, the exact organisms your HACCP plan exists to control. BCS has protected food and beverage plants since 1987, including sites for Tiger Brands, Nestlé, Unilever and Willowton Group.
Bird control in a food or beverage plant means eliminating every roosting and perching point above production and storage, because a single dropping is a recorded contamination event. BCS treats interior steel and ledges with the non-toxic Vamoose repellent gel and seals canopies and receiving bays with Spectre Net exclusion netting, all documented to ISO 22000:2018 and backed by written guarantees. We have protected South African food plants since 1987.
What birds actually cost you here
Direct product contamination
Droppings, feathers and nesting material fall into open product, onto conveyors and into packaging lines. A single incident can force a batch recall that costs more than a decade of bird proofing.
Salmonella and Listeria transfer
Bird droppings harbour over 40 diseases, including Salmonellosis and Listeriosis. Dried droppings become airborne dust that travels through ventilation into processing areas.
Failed audits and lost contracts
Evidence of bird activity is a major non-conformance under ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 and retailer audit schemes. Repeat findings put supply contracts with major retailers at risk.
Raw-material and warehouse losses
Birds feed on and foul stored ingredients, damaged bags and spillage. Infestations in raw-material stores restart the contamination chain even when production areas are clean.
Built around ISO 22000:2018
Our site surveys and bird risk assessments are aligned with ISO 22000:2018, so the documentation we hand you slots directly into your food-safety management system. You get a defensible, auditable record of hazard identification, corrective action and ongoing control, not just a pest file entry.
“Willowton Group's factory manager reports the pigeon issue at their site 'has ceased to exist' since BCS treatment.”
How BCS solves it
Inside production and storage areas we apply the Vamoose two-step gel and sealer system on beams, ledges and roof steel, colourless, odourless, non-toxic and lasting up to 5 years per installation. Open canopies, receiving bays and plant rooms are permanently sealed with custom-fabricated Spectre Net exclusion netting, backed by an 8-year written workmanship guarantee.
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Bird control for food & beverage sites
Yes. Vamoose Bird Repellent Gel is colourless, odourless and non-toxic, and is registered with the SA Department of Agriculture (Reg No. L10143, Act 36 of 1947). It works by touch, not by poison, and an independent University of KwaZulu-Natal study observed no harm to birds.
Protect your food & beverage facility
Book a free, ISO 22000-aligned site survey. We'll map the risk and give you a guaranteed, costed plan.