PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for repelling insect pests in an eating and drinking material housing body which has a high repelling effect to insect pests such as cockroaches, can sufficiently prevent the invasion thereof over a long period exceeding three months, is further safe, and has simple usability as well.SOLUTION: In the method for repelling insect pests in an eating and drinking material housing body, an insect pest repelling sheet(s) including a normal temperature volatile insect pest repelling ingredient which is hard to transfer smell to an eating and drinking material is installed at the inner face of an eating and drinking material housing body, and the normal temperature volatile insect pest repelling ingredient is volatilized from the insect pest repelling sheet(s) at a ratio of 1 to 200 mg/day/m, thus the invasion of insect pests to the eating and drinking material housing body is prevented over a long period exceeding three months. Preferably, the insect pest sheets are pasted on two or more parts at the inner face of the eating and drinking material housing body, and further, as the insect pest repelling sheet(s), the one obtained by laminating a resin layer including the normal temperature volatile insect pest repelling ingredient and further laminating a drug permeable sheet layer having permeability regarding the normal temperature volatile insect pest repelling ingredient thereon.
