Pest Management at Food Processing Facilities – Recent Developments in Germany journal article Gerhard Karg, Rochus Wallau European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 13 (2018), Issue 3, Page 214 - 219 Pests are not only undesired in the food sector, but relevant in terms of the law: many food regulations explicitly deal with this issue. In the standard EU legal area, important framework conditions exist, but there are special food laws and developments on the national level as demonstrated in the following example from Germany.