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Drought Feeding and Residues
The use of unusual feeds during times of drought may have implications for the levels of chemical residues found in animal products. Such feeds may have been treated inappropriately for use as animal feed, and have the potential to produce residues in meat products. The links below provide general information for producers.
SAFEMEAT
This SAFEMEAT website contains several articles concerning chemical residues in meat. Search using the term ‘residues.’
The article below discusses potential problems in general terms.
Another interesting publication concerns cadmium.
PDF [2.4mb]New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
- This site has a number of interesting and useful primefacts on drought feeding, unusual fodders and residues
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
West Australian Department of Agriculture and Food
There is a useful Farmnote (70/2005) concerning organochlorine residue risks.
Last reviewed: 29 May 2009
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