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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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Belgium Takes a Serious Look at the Food Safety of Insects

By News Desk on January 28, 2015

Neither Belgium nor the European Union has any specific regulations regarding breeding and marketing insects for human consumption, but the trade is tolerated. And why not? Insects, according to the Scientific Committee of the (Belgium)…
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