Author: Chi-Yang Lee^1,*, Hsien-Tzung Shih, Me-Chi Yao¹, Tai-Chuan Wang¹, and Shu-Chen Chang¹

¹ Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROC.

Abstract

    Insects are potential resources for human consumption and animal feed. Besides reducing costs in mass production, the first requisite for customer persuasion is product safety. Legal rules are the basis of product safety. Legal rules on the use of insects as feed and food vary across the world. Precise rules give not only the straightforward guidelines to manufacturers but also safety to customers. The European Commission has approved the consumption of dried Tenebrio molitor larva in the EU in 2021. This is the first time that an insect has been approved as a novel food in the EU. It represents the path of hope for the insect as food in the future. Understanding legal rules among nations facilitate sustainable management of insect for food and feed.

Key words: Edible insects, Food, feed, Law, Regulation.

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