Citrus industry pest control & false codling moth
False codling moth and packhouse pest control that protects EU citrus export certification across the Sundays River Valley, Kirkwood and Addo.
Read the guideDivision EC / Gqeberha Head Office / Founding Division
SAPCA member (ASC797) · Registered PCOs · Structural Pest Control - Commercial & Domestic · Gqeberha head office
Eastern Cape pest control from the source.
This is where ASC Pest Control was founded in 2019. From our head office in South End, Gqeberha, we run HACCP designed pest management for Nelson Mandela Bay's food factories, automotive suppliers, cold stores and the export-focused operators of the Coega Industrial Development Zone, with scheduled routes through Kariega and Despatch. Every contract includes myASConline and its one-click audit pack.
- Gqeberha Head Office
- Coega IDZ Specialists
- myASConline Included
- Registered PCOs
SEC 01 / EC Coverage & Compliance
The corridor we know street by street.
Nelson Mandela Bay is our home ground. Our operators, auditors and consultants live and work here, which means head-office accountability on every site, and pest programmes shaped around the Bay's real industrial mix: food processing, automotive manufacturing, fishing and cold chain, and Coega's export operators.
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SANS 10133 aligned application Pesticide application to South African National Standards, defensible in any food environment.
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Registered Pest Control Operators Registered with the Department of Agriculture under Act 36 of 1947. Certificates auto-included in every audit pack.
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Same building as ASC Food Safety Consultants Our head office is shared with our parent company's accredited auditors, trainers and FSMS consultants. One address, one standard.
SEC 01B / Commercial Contract Coverage
Commercial coverage across the wider Eastern Cape.
Beyond Nelson Mandela Bay, ASC Pest Control services food-industry and commercial clients on contract across the Eastern Cape's agricultural and coastal corridors. Because our programmes are built by food-safety auditors, they are designed for the packhouses, processing plants and export operations that drive these regions — audit-ready documentation, registered products and trend analysis on every site.
Sundays River Valley citrus
Kirkwood and Addo sit at the heart of one of the country's largest citrus export regions. We service packhouses and cold stores here where pest programmes must meet GLOBALG.A.P., BRCGS and importing-country phytosanitary expectations.
Gamtoos Valley & Kouga
Patensie, Hankey and Humansdorp anchor the Gamtoos citrus and vegetable belt, with Jeffreys Bay adding coastal hospitality and food service. We support packhouses, processors and catering operations across the Kouga on contract.
Frontier & Sunshine Coast
Grahamstown (Makhanda), Port Alfred and the surrounding Ndlambe area host food manufacturers, institutions and hospitality venues that need audit-grade pest management. We service these sites under scheduled commercial contracts.
East London & Buffalo City
East London's food processing, automotive and cold-chain operators run to the same export and retail standards as the Bay. We extend our food-safety-specialist pest programmes to Buffalo City facilities on commercial contract.
Commercial and contract enquiries from Kirkwood, Addo, Patensie, Hankey, Humansdorp, Jeffreys Bay, Grahamstown (Makhanda), Port Alfred and East London are handled from our Gqeberha head office. Request a commercial assessment →
SEC 01C / Buffalo City & East London Corridor
The Buffalo City & East London corridor.
Buffalo City is the Eastern Cape's second industrial heartland, and its manufacturers, processors and logistics operators carry the same audit pressure as the Bay. ASC runs contract pest control across the East London corridor, from the ELIDZ to the inland industrial towns, with the same food-safety-auditor discipline, registered operators and My ASC Pest Hub records behind every site.
ELIDZ & West Bank
The East London Industrial Development Zone hosts automotive, agro-processing and pharmaceutical tenants working to export and GMP standards. We deliver zoned, mapped, audit-ready programmes for ELIDZ facilities and their West Bank suppliers.
Wilsonia & Fort Jackson
East London's established industrial townships concentrate food manufacturers, packaging plants and warehousing. We protect production floors, racking and loading bays against the rodent and stored product pressure these estates generate.
Berlin & Qonce
Along the N2 corridor inland, Berlin's industrial park and Qonce (King William's Town) support manufacturing, institutions and retail food that need documented, registered pest management. We service both on scheduled commercial contracts.
SEC 02 / Industries Served in the Eastern Cape
Programmes shaped by the Bay's industrial reality.
Food & Beverage ProcessingFactories, bakeries, dairies and beverage plants across Nelson Mandela Bay.
Automotive & ComponentsOEM and supplier facilities in Kariega and Struandale with strict housekeeping regimes.
Coega Export OperatorsAgri-processing and cold chain facilities audited to international customer standards.
Fishing & Cold StorageHarbour-adjacent processing and cold stores where rodent pressure never sleeps.
Hospitality & RetailHotels, restaurants and retail food operations across the metro.
Premium ResidentialEstates and executive homes in Gqeberha and surrounds, serviced discreetly.
Know The Signs
Six signs your Eastern Cape facility has a pest problem, not just a one-off sighting.
The clearest early signs are droppings or gnaw marks near loading bays, fly or drain activity around wash areas and process drains, rodent runs or scratching in roof voids overnight, damaged packaging or stock in cold storage and warehousing, and a pest finding raised in your own internal audit or a customer non-conformance. On Nelson Mandela Bay's food, automotive and Coega export sites, catching two or more of these early is the difference between a documented corrective action and a failed audit.
Droppings & gnaw marks at loading bays
Rodent droppings, gnawed packaging or chewed pallet wrap near receiving and despatch doors point to entry points being used nightly, not a single stray visitor.
Fly or drain activity in process areas
Persistent flies or larvae around wash bays, floor drains and effluent points in food and beverage plants signal harbourage that routine cleaning alone will not remove.
Noises or droppings in roof voids
Scratching sounds after dark, or droppings found above ceiling tiles in offices and QC areas, indicate rodents running an established route through the roof space.
Damaged stock in cold storage
Gnawed cartons, contaminated raw material or torn packaging in cold stores and warehousing at Coega and harbour-adjacent sites is a rodent or insect finding, not a stock-handling error.
Pest activity flagged on the production floor
Sightings reported by staff on the line in automotive, food or agri-processing areas, especially anywhere pest presence is itself a quality non-conformance.
A finding raised at internal or export audit
An open pest-related non-conformance from your own internal audit, a customer visit or an FSSC 22000/BRCGS assessor is the strongest signal the current programme needs a documented gap assessment.
Seeing two or more of these on your Nelson Mandela Bay or Coega site? Do not wait for the next scheduled visit — call 041 004 0037 or request a site assessment and we will identify the species, the entry points and the corrective action before it becomes an audit finding.
SEC 03 / Eastern Cape FAQ
Common questions from Bay facilities.
Where is your Eastern Cape office?
14 Brickmakers Kloof Road, South End, Gqeberha, the same building as ASC Food Safety Consultants. This is our head office and founding division, not a satellite branch.
Do you cover Coega IDZ facilities?
Yes, Coega is a core service area. Export-focused operators there face some of the most demanding customer audits in the country, and our programmes are documented to match, with one-click audit packs from myASConline.
My site still uses the old Port Elizabeth or Uitenhage address. Does that matter?
Not at all. Gqeberha and Kariega are the same cities we have always served under their former names. Your address format changes nothing about your route schedule.
Can you align our pest programme with an upcoming FSSC 22000 or BRCGS audit?
Yes. We begin with a gap assessment against your specific scheme, close documentation and monitoring gaps, and load everything into myASConline so your evidence is one click away when the auditor arrives.
Do you offer emergency pest control in the Eastern Cape?
Yes. Head-office contract clients across Gqeberha, Kariega, Despatch and Coega receive priority emergency response for active infestations and pre-audit call-outs. Call 041 004 0037 and we will dispatch the next available technician from our South End head office.
Do you cover residential and estate pest control as well as commercial sites in the Eastern Cape?
Yes. Alongside our commercial and food-industry contracts, we service premium residential homes and estates across Gqeberha and surrounds, with the same registered technicians and documented treatment records used on our commercial routes.
Contact & Location
Reach the Eastern Cape head office.
Call, WhatsApp or email, and a specialist will respond, usually the same working day.
Call us+27 41 004 0037
WhatsApp061 138 3989
Eastern Cape head office14 Brickmakers Kloof Road, South End, Gqeberha, 6001
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Also servingGauteng office: 272 Oak Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg
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SEC 04 / Eastern Cape Pest Intelligence
Industry guides for Eastern Cape food operators.
Sector-specific pest control briefings written by South Africa's only food-safety-specialist-owned pest control company, mapped to the audits and regulations your Eastern Cape facility actually faces.
Dairy processing pest control in the Eastern Cape
Flies, rodents and the Listeria drain-harbourage link that keeps Eastern Cape dairies awake at night, and the monitoring programme that closes it out.
Read the guidePackhouse pest control for GLOBALG.A.P. audits
Bird, rodent and insect exclusion for audit-ready fresh produce packhouses operating under GLOBALG.A.P. across the Eastern Cape.
Read the guidePineapple processing pest control in the Bathurst belt
Vinegar flies, ants and effluent management in the Bathurst and Ndlambe pineapple belt, where sugar-rich waste turns any gap into an infestation.
Read the guideAbattoir & red meat pest control under the Meat Safety Act
Blowflies, rodents and dermestid beetles controlled to the Meat Safety Act and R638 hygiene requirements at Eastern Cape abattoirs.
Read the guideCoega cold chain & port export pest control
Protecting port-bound exports at the Coega IDZ and Ngqura from dock-leveller rodents and stored-product insects before they reach the container.
Read the guideField Evidence / EC Facilities
ASC operators across Eastern Cape food facilities
SEC 05 / Next Step
Book an assessment with the head office team.
A registered specialist will walk your facility, review your current pest documentation and show you what one-click audit readiness looks like on myASConline.