Chris Del Rossi Receives NEPMA Bartlett W. Eldredge Award

At the New England Pest Management Association’s annual dinner in December, the association presented the 2023 Bartlett W. Eldredge Award to Chris Del Rossi, founder and president of Food and Drug and The Bug

The award is named in honor of the organization’s founder and first president and is intended to recognize a pest management professional who has distinguished himself and demonstrated service to the association, the pest management industry, local community service, and who has earned overall respect and recognition by industry peers. 

Del Rossi founded Food and Drug and The Bug in 2013 after having worked for JP Pest Services for 22 years. The company has found its niche solely providing pest and exclusion services to industrial food and medicine industry clients.

Tim Francis, field operations manager, Food and Drug and the Bug, worked with Del Rossi at JP Pest Services and became the first service technician Del Rossi hired.

“Chris is just a great, guy to work with. He's very flexible, always encouraging and he wants to develop new ideas on how to approach situations,” he said. “He supports innovative strategies like using cameras and all types of different equipment. It’s been a blessing to work with him.”

Among Del Rossi’s many contributions to the New England Pest Management Association are that he helps fellow companies train their staff in servicing food manufacturers and pharmaceutical plants. “This a true testament to Chris’s character,” Francis said. “One the many reasons I love working for FDB is that ‘We don’t just build our business we build relationships.’”

Among those in attendance were past Eldredge Award winners Ted Brayton, Marillian Missiti, Chris Sheila Haddad, Bob Leon, Kevin Moran and Mike Peaslee.

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