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House flies are commonly found at homes and business premises in Malaysia. They are known as vectors of pathogen because they carry the pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli and salmonella. In doing so, various kinds of baits are used to attract and trap these flies either by mechanical or chemical means. But all these baits are not capable of attracting flies equally and its hygienic status is very important to human and pets when contacting directly with them. The main goal of this study is to find out the best bait that can attract house fly effectively and safely in every place, and its hygienic condition including effective time duration of the best bait performance.