Commercial pest control

For a business, pest control is not a call-out when something runs across the floor. It is a contract: scheduled inspections, monitoring points in the right places, treatment when monitoring shows activity, proofing, and service records that show an inspector, an auditor or a guest that the premises are under control.

We put together pest-control contracts for businesses in Malta and Gozo and match each one to a vetted pest-control partner with certified technicians and the capacity for the site. You deal with us from the first inspection to the start of the contract, and we stay your point of contact after it.

Every contract starts with an inspection. We do not publish contract prices: the number of premises, the risk, the visit frequency and the monitoring decide the figure.

What this covers

• Initial inspection and a written service plan
• Scheduled visits at the frequency the risk needs
• Monitoring points for rodents and crawling insects, mapped
• Treatment when monitoring shows activity, and call-outs between visits
• Proofing recommendations and works
• Service records, site maps and reports for inspections and audits
• Out-of-hours visits so service is not interrupted

Restaurants, cafés and food premises

EU food hygiene law, which applies directly in Malta, requires food businesses to have adequate procedures in place to control pests (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Annex II). In practice that means a documented pest-control programme: who inspects, how often, where the monitoring points are, what was found and what was done. A contract gives you exactly that record, visit by visit.

Hotels and short-let portfolios

For hotels and short-let operators the risks are bed bugs travelling in luggage, cockroaches in kitchens and service areas, and pigeons on terraces. A contract covers scheduled inspections, a fast response when a guest reports something, and the records that show it was dealt with. See bed bug treatment.

Offices, schools, care homes and blocks

Offices and blocks need a lighter schedule: monitoring in kitchens, stores, bin rooms and basements, and treatment when needed. In places used by children and vulnerable people, Malta's Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulations require pesticide use to be minimised or prohibited in specific areas such as school grounds, playgrounds and child-care centres, with low-risk products and non-chemical measures considered first (S.L. 430.08, reg. 11). The service plan is written with that in mind.

Who does the work

The same regulations cover biocidal products such as insecticides and rodenticides, require certification for professional users, and restrict sales of professional-use pesticides to certificate holders. Products must be authorised (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012; S.L. 430.09), with the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority as the competent authority. We only propose partners whose technicians are certified for the products they use, and we name the partner in the proposal. We do not claim any existing contract.

What it costs

Contracts are quoted after an inspection: the number of premises, the risk and the visit frequency decide the figure.

The pest, the size of the property, how far it has spread and the number of visits decide the price. You get it in writing, VAT included, before treatment starts.

How it works

You deal with us. We arrange the inspection, choose a vetted professional pest-control company for the job — a CheckYourTraders member where there is one — and stay your point of contact through the treatment and the follow-up.

Questions people ask

How often should a restaurant be inspected?

It depends on the risk — the size, the kitchen, the storage, the history. The inspection sets the frequency in the service plan, and monitoring between visits catches anything early.

Will we get records for inspections and audits?

Yes. Every visit is recorded: what was checked, what was found, what was done, with a map of the monitoring points.

Can visits happen outside opening hours?

Yes. Tell us the hours in the request and the service plan is built around them.

Related

• Cockroach controlDrain cockroaches that come up in the summer heat and the small kitchen cockroaches that live indoors — two different problems, two different treatments.
• Rat & mouse controlRats and mice controlled with locked bait boxes and traps, and the holes they use found and sealed.
• Bed bug treatmentHomes, hotels and short lets: bed bugs found, treated with a follow-up visit, and the room prepared and cleaned to go back into service.

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