Cockroach management
One cockroach sighting can close a kitchen. For food businesses, cockroach control isn’t optional — it’s a condition of staying open, and health inspectors treat a single live sighting as evidence of a population. We treat the infestation you can see and the harbourage you can’t.
How we handle it
Inspection & identification
German, American, or Australian cockroach — the species determines the treatment. We locate harbourage points: motors, warm voids, drains, dishwasher surrounds.
Gel baiting & IGR treatment
Commercial-grade gel baits placed at harbourage points, backed by insect growth regulators that break the breeding cycle rather than just knocking down adults.
Follow-up & documentation
Cockroach programs are verified with follow-up inspections, and every treatment is documented to HACCP standard for your food safety file.
Included in every job
- Commercial-grade gel baiting placed at actual harbourage points
- Insect growth regulator (IGR) treatment that stops the breeding cycle
- Surface treatments to skirtings, cracks and crevices where roaches travel
- HACCP-compliant documentation after every visit
- Same-week availability for food businesses
Common questions
We had a health inspection issue — how fast can you treat?
Same-week for food businesses, usually faster. Tell us it’s inspection-related when you call and we’ll prioritise the job and bring the documentation your inspector will want to see at follow-up.
Is the treatment safe for a working kitchen?
Yes — gel baits are placed in cracks, voids and stations away from food contact surfaces, and we schedule around your prep and service hours.
Why do I keep seeing them after a supermarket spray?
Retail sprays scatter cockroaches deeper into harbourage and don’t touch the egg cases. Gel baiting plus IGR works through the population including the ones you never see.
Do you treat drains and grease traps?
Yes — drains, pits and grease trap surrounds are standard treatment points on commercial cockroach jobs.
Also on the truck
Seen one roach?
There are more.
No obligations. Free site assessment. Fast response across all Melbourne suburbs — and every job leaves you with the paperwork your auditor wants to see.
john@a1pestweed.com.au
Mon–Fri 7am–6pm · Sat 8am–2pm
ABN 74 129 475 147 · Licence L011437
HACCP certified · AIPM member