The Challenge
A family bakery failed a surprise health spot-check: German cockroaches behind the proofing ovens and inside a flour-storage cabinet. With wedding-cake orders booked solid, shutting down for fumigation was not an option — treatment had to happen overnight, around food, without a trace by 5 AM opening.
Baiting Around the Bake Schedule
We scoped every motor housing and cabinet void with a borescope, then placed micro-dot gel baits precisely on foraging runs — nothing airborne, nothing near open product. A growth regulator went into wall voids to break the breeding cycle, and monitor traps tracked the collapse night by night. The second visit, fourteen days later, found zero live activity.
- Overnight work windows: in at 10 PM, gone before the 5 AM bake.
- Food-safe gel only — no sprays, no aerosols near production areas.
- Staff coaching on crumb control cut the colony's food supply overnight.
Passed Re-Inspection, Then Signed Quarterly
The follow-up health inspection passed with zero findings. The bakery stayed open every single day of treatment, and the owners signed a quarterly prevention plan with digital monitor reports their inspector can review anytime.