"Use Facility Maintenance to Keep Pests Out" - Restaurant Hospitality
Orkin Director of Quality Systems Zia Siddiqi discusses facility maintenance in restaurants.

"Getting the Bugs Out / Pest Prevention Net Results" - Health Facilities Management
Spotlight on the partnership between Orkin and Glens Falls Hospital.

"Maintain Your Way to a Rodent-Free Facility" - Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Orkin Director of Quality Systems Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., offers tips for rodent prevention in this article in Quality Assurance & Food Safety magazine.

“Odor Alert: Eliminate Foul Smells in Your Resort Before They Eliminate Guest Appeal” - Resort Trades' Management & Operations
Orkin Technical Director Frank Meek offers tips on odor control in hotels and resorts.

''Pest Control Ideas...For the Kind You Can See'' - Food Talk
Food Talk offers tips from Orkin Director of Quality Systems Dr. Zia Siddiqi's and Target Corporation Program Manager Brian Blesli's presentations about pest management at the March 7 Food Safety Summit.

“For the Birds: Protecting a health care facility from infestation of common pest fowl” - Health Facilities Management
Orkin Director of Quality Systems Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., provides tips to keep birds - and the threats they pose to health and safety - off health care facility grounds.

Take Birds Off the Patio Menu - Restaurant Hospitality
Orkin Director of Quality Assurance Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., shares bird control tips to help restaurateur’s keep their outside dining areas bird-free.

The Buzz on Flies - Restaurant Hospitality
Orkin Technical Director Frank Meek discusses fly control in restaurants and offers tips to help prevent infestations.

Detailed Documentation: A Recipe for Success - Bakery Online
Orkin Director of Quality Assurance Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., discusses pest control documentation and how to prepare your facility’s documents for review by an auditor.

''Tree of Life Distributes Quality Through Every-day Partnering'' - Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Two-time Gold Medal IPM Partner Award winner Tree of Life discusses its award-winning pest management partnership with Orkin and their resulting success in a profile of the Bloomington, Ind., distribution center.

Be Educated about Green Pest Control in Schools - School Planning & Management
Orkin Technical Services Manager Patrick Copps discusses environmentally friendly pest control techniques that can reduce the need for chemical treatments in schools.

"Show Canada Geese the Gate" - Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Orkin Canada Certified Goose Management Professional Michael von Kaitz discusses the steps needed to implement an effective goose management program at plants.

''7 Steps to an Effective Pest Management Program'' - Food Quality
What makes a successful Integrated Pest Managment program? Orkin Director of Quality Assurance Dr. Zia Siddiqi discusses the seven integral steps and shares tips on implementing an effective IPM program in a food manufacturing facility. Orkin Commercial Services also offers "Sanitation Tips for Summer Pest Defense" to keep the pests at bay.

''Cockroaches: An Old Foe'' - Sanitation Canada
Orkin Director of Quality Assurance Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., provides sanitation and housekeeping tips to help protect facilities from a cockroach infestation.

"Integrated Pest Management" - Grain Journal
From the November/December issue of Grain Journal, this article is based on a presentation by Orkin Director of Quality Assurance Dr. Zia Siddiqi. The article discusses Integrated Pest Management in grain elevators and outlines the steps for implementing an IPM program.

''Outsourcing Integrated Pest Management'' - Healthcare Purchasing News
Orkin Quality Assurance Director Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., explains how to best select a pest control provider for critical health care settings. This article was a supplement for the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) Self-Study Series.

''Effective Pest Management in Foreclosed or Distressed Properties'' - REIP The Rewards
With any big purchase – especially real estate – concerns are usually brought to the table early on. And, combating a pest problem can be one of the most burdensome concerns. Dr. Zia Siddiqi, Orkin's Director of Quality Assurance, and Frank Meek, Orkin's Technical Director, give pest management advice to real estate investors in the August issue of REIP The Rewards.

''Hantavirus Deaths Underscore Need for Better Rodent Prevention'' - Sanitation Canada
In May, the Calgary Herald reported that four people in Alberta were diagnosed with Hantavirus, a rare, yet deadly, respiratory illness transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings or saliva. Could a scene like this occur at your company’s site? Only if you're unprepared for rodents. Orkin's Dr. Zia Siddiqi, Director of Quality Assurance, outlines an effective rodent prevention plan in this issue of Sanitation Canada.

''Smart Sanitation Strategies'' - Food Engineering
With the food industry taking a more professional approach to sanitation, Food Engineering examines the sophisticated tools used for executing SSOPs. Dr. Zia Siddiqi, Orkin's Director of Quality Assurance, and Peggy Gnoza, Quality Assurance Supervisor at Aurora Organic Dairy and an Orkin Gold Medal Protection customer, are quoted in this article.

"Bed Bugs Bite Back" - National Hotel Executive
Orkin Technical Director Frank Meek reports on the continuing resurgence of bed bugs in North America.

''Defend Your Hotel Against 'Occasional Invaders''' - National Hotel Executive
Occasional invader. To a hotelier, that term might best describe the guy who keeps trying to sell roses in the lobby. But for pest management professionals, the term brings to mind a long list of pests that may not plague hotels as often as roaches, ants, flies and rodents, but that can hurt a hotel's reputation just as badly.

''Winning the War Against Pests'' - The National Provisioner
Along with the drive to eradicate pathogens, pest control is perhaps the meat and poultry industries' most important food-safety endeavor.

"The Best at Pest Management" - Today's Facility Manager
Read up on the four winners of the 2004 Gold Medal IPM Partner Awards, presented by Orkin, The IPM Institute of North America and Today’s Facility Manager magazine.

Pest Control: Simply a Must for Restaurants - Ala Carte
Orkin explains why maintaining a vigilant pest control program is vital to the health of a restaurant's business and customers.

''Integrated Pest Management: A Cost-Benefit Study for Hotels'' - National Hotel Executive
Orkin, Inc. and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University teamed up to study and evaluate, once and for all, the differences in efficacy – and cost – of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and conventional pest control programs.

"Top 100" - Training Magazine
For the second year in a row, Orkin was named to Training Magazine's Top 100.

''Readers Choice Awards'' - Food Processing
Orkin was named "best overall supplier of pest control services" in this 2004 survey of more than 15,000 readers.

''Pests: Preventing Rather Than Chasing'' - Meat Processing
Pest management in the meat-processing industry can be a thorny issue, but an Orkin Integrated Pest Management plan keeps insects and rodents away from Mims Meat Co. in Texas.

''A Problem That Can Gnaw On You'' - California Dairy
With the onset of winter, rats, and rodents in general, are on the hunt for food and shelter. Orkin offers tips on preventing rodents before they become a problem.

''Tech Update - Special Tools, Special People'' - Food Engineering
A combination of technology and training is needed to raise the level of food plant sanitation standards.

''On the Fly'' - Food Processing
Flies are a major problem, even in the cleanest processing plant, since they thrive on warm, moist conditions and a ready food supply.