Insects as food and feed – the legal perspective

Insect protein could offer poultry producers a viable alternative protein, if regulatory and perception problems can be overcome, as delegates of the Insects as Feed and Food conference discovered in early April. Changes to European Union legislation are paving the way for insects to be used for food and feed in various agricultural sectors. Before the beginning of the year there was no insect-specific regulation and insects were not specifically mentioned as a “novel food”, with people hav