A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Insects as Food and Feed: Laws of the European Union, United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and China




AuthorsAnu Lähteenmäki-Uutela, Nicole Grmelová, Louise Hénault-Ethier, Marie-Hélène Deschamps, Grant W. Vandenberg, Ai Zhao, Yumei Zhang, Baoru Yang, Vivek Nemane

PublisherLexxion-Verl.-Ges.

Publishing placeBerlin

Publication year2017

JournalEuropean food and feed law review

Journal acronymEFFL

Volume12

Issue1

First page 22

Last page36

Number of pages15

eISSN2190-8214


Abstract


Legal
rules on the use of insects as feed and food vary across the world. Precise
rules on safety, marketing, and animal welfare are largely missing. In the EU,
United States and Canada, insects are novel and legally treated as such. In
Mexico, Australia, and China, many species of insects have a long tradition of
food and/or feed use. We believe recognizing the history of safe use in other
countries is fair risk management in insect regulation. Harmonized standards on
safety, marketing, and animal welfare would facilitate sustainable growth of
the insect business.



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