Chemical residue trends for Australian and New Zealand wool

Textile consumer trends towards improved product safety and high environmental standards have significantly influenced regulators in key consumer markets. The apparel wool industry sector has responded to regulators, and for three decades the Australia and New Zealand wool industries have managed ad...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-01, Vol.12 (1), p.768-768, Article 768
Main Authors: Ranford, Stephen, Swan, Paul, van Koten, Chikako
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animal welfare
Chemical residues
Environmental labelling
Growth regulators
Humanities and Social Sciences
Insecticides
Insects
Livestock farming
multidisciplinary
Organic compounds
Organophosphates
Pyrethroids
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Sheep
Spinosad
Trends
Wool
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Summary:Textile consumer trends towards improved product safety and high environmental standards have significantly influenced regulators in key consumer markets. The apparel wool industry sector has responded to regulators, and for three decades the Australia and New Zealand wool industries have managed advancements in ectoparasiticides and improved sheep treatments targeting high environmental, animal health and welfare standards leading to safe wool products. Australian and New Zealand chemical residue data from greasy wool have been consolidated and analysed for organophosphate, synthetic pyrethroid, insect growth regulator, neonicotinoid, macrocyclic lactone and spinosad active. Trend analysis has been applied to time domain data to evaluate advancements in ectoparasiticide technology after revising environmental, animal health and welfare standards. Analysis shows impacts from technology improvement, regulatory change and compliance by sheep farmers meeting or exceeding published European Union residue limits for regulated ectoparasiticides namely organochlorine, organophosphate, synthetic pyrethroid and insect growth regulators. Implications from advancements in ectoparasiticide technology, industry management and regulatory measures, include healthy sheep growing in clean pastoral environments with evidence of reduced wool residue levels which complement high and rising proportions of Australian and New Zealand wool fibre meeting European Union Ecolabel criteria.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-04787-x