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Italbugs announces its entry in the Feed and Pet Food market
Italbugs inaugurates 2016 with great operative changes and new international networking relationships. The ever-expanding research project now focuses also in the Feed and Pet Food market, and the team will be directed by Dr. Martina Costacurta (Animal Feed Science & Technology), Green-Biotech specialist at the Technological Pole of Pordenone.
Edible insects and minilivestock: the food of the future
Here below an interview with Prof. Maurizio Guido Paoletti, Professor at the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, entomophagy expert and author of “Ecological implication of Minilivestock”, a book that analyzes the use of small animals as nutritious food. How the research of proteins from alternative sources like edible insects, frogs or rodents […]
Insects as animal feed: let’s understand more about
Interview with Emmy Koeleman, Editor at All About Feed Why is not actually possible to feed animals (pigs, livestock and poultry) with insects-based feed? At the moment, the current EU legislation doesn’t allow the use of insect meal in food producing animals. Producers of insect meal have to follow a set of EU rules and […]
Insetti commestibili: cartolina da un tempo che fu
Era il lontano 29/10/2013 quando il Ministero della Salute comunicava alle Regioni la precisazione per cui “gli insetti, in qualità di prodotti di origine animale senza storia significativa di consumo, rientrano nel campo del Regolamento CE 258/97 e pertanto non possono essere immessi sul mercato italiano”. Vi proponiamo la copia originale del documento, registrato dalla […]
Insects rearing: interview with Prof. N. Leppla
Interview with Dr. Norman Leppla, professor at Entomology and Nematology Department of the University of Florida, insects rearing expert What are the difficulties to face when rearing insects in laboratory? Recongition of insect rearing as a profession. The next generation of leaders in the field. More scientists conducting research on rearing insects. High quality publications, […]
Report on the edible insects market in Thailand
FAO has published an interesting report on edible insects farming, collection and marketing in Thailand. You can downoload the Report here (pdf format, english text).
Interview with Romain Fessard, Insectescomestibles
Interview with Romain Fessard, Ceo at Insectescomestibles How did you first came in contact with the edible insects issue? It was 10 years ago. I was in Thailand for a trip. When I travel, I like to follow the old saying “When in Rome, do as Romans do” which means you have to try the […]
