While ants don’t carry diseases themselves, they have a very poor sense of personal hygiene. Ants will do just about anything they can to get to a food source. They will trek through dirt, rubbish, and even fecal matter to get to your food. This becomes a serious risk because of cross-contamination. The ants will cover themselves in germs and when they come into your home looking for food, they will leave a trail of biological hazards in their wake.

As mentioned before, ants will do whatever it takes to get to the food. This means they will happily chew their way through packaging and containers to get to the food within. If gone untreated ants can consume huge amounts of food in a matter of days and cause serious cross-contamination to the food. If you are a business owner you could be putting large supplies of stock at risk as even a small ant infestation could result in all of your stock becoming contaminated.