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Low safety risk from edible insect products, finds FSA

By Joe Whitworth on November 10, 2022

There is a low risk to the public from edible insects sold in the United Kingdom, according to a Food Standards Agency (FSA) assessment.

The risk assessment looked at allergens, microbial, and heavy metal contamination…

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Virginia Tech faculty researching and testing insect protein

By News Desk on June 3, 2022

Faculty at Virginia Tech’s Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center are working to develop alternative and sustainable food sources in the form of insect protein.

Mainstream insect consumption is gaining steam. Recent figures estimate that …
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FAO looks at impact of trends on food safety

By Joe Whitworth on March 8, 2022

Emerging food safety challenges must be thought about when looking at the changing food system, according to the FAO.

A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report looks at how global drivers…
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Project in Kenya looks at edible insect safety; EU approves house crickets

By News Desk on February 21, 2022

A research project on the safety of edible insects involving Germany and Kenya is entering its final year.

The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and Jomo Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, are leading…
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Big topics from around the world in 2021: Ethylene oxide, COVID-19 impact, global outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on December 29, 2021

– ANALYSIS –

A trio of issues that featured in the news agenda of 2020 carried into 2021 and none of them are out of sight yet. Coronavirus, the United Kingdom leaving the European Union,…
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European Commission authorizes migratory locust for human consumption

By News Desk on November 22, 2021

The European Commission has authorized Locusta migratoria (migratory locust) as a novel food to be placed on the market.

This is the second authorization of an insect as a novel food — the first being …
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Can consumers get past the yuck factor and embrace mealworm protein?

By Guest Opinion on June 24, 2021

By Katharine Hopkins

Mealworms could be hitting restaurants and supermarkets in products like burgers, pasta and even as snacks coated in chocolate in the relatively near future in some areas. 

This year yellow mealworms were…
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FAO highlights possible food safety issues with edible insects

By Joe Whitworth on April 21, 2021

The benefits of edible insects as an emerging food source must be weighed against potential food safety issues, according to the United Nations’ FAO.

While insects have been part of the diets of many cultures…
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Grubbing bugs: Can we get over the ‘ick’ factor?

By Guest Contributor on June 1, 2020
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Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This …
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