Dr. Gibum Qwon of the University of Kansas Center for Research, has developed a paint containing the synthetic insecticide permethrin, combined with capsaicin gum, citric acid and copolymerized, epoxidized soybean oil.  Under experimental conditions, the paint demonstrated insect-repellent properties for twelve months. 

The product has potential for application in hatcheries and packing plants if the paint complies with EPA, FDA and FSIS regulations. It is difficult to envisage how the technology could be applied to live production since the interior of chicken houses are not generally painted. Beetles (Alphitobius spp.) are the most ubiquitous and destructive insect pests but the larval and pupal stages of their lifecycle are mainly within the polyurethane and fiberglass insulation of older houses where they would not come into contact with a painted surface. House flies (Musca spp.) breed in manure heaped in the pits of old high-rise houses.

Although the technology of suspending an insecticide in a paint is a potential approach to reducing insects in production facilities the problem of resistance might limit long-term efficacy. The most immediate application is for dwellings in areas where mosquito-borne infections such as malaria, Zika and other arborvirus infections are endemic