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Ipiff: Novel Food Guidelines
Ipiff released this document, a guideline through the new Novel Food Regulation in Europe Click here to downoload the text
Edible insects in Latin America
Interview with Prof. Eraldo Costa Neto, Professor of Ethnobiology at the Universidad de Feira de Santana – Bahia State (Brazil) Many people in the West think that edible insects are widely consumed in Latin America. Is it true? Considering the use of insects as human food throughout Latin America, there is no representation of the […]
Eating Insects Athens
The North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture (NACIA) is proud to announce the 2018 International Conference, Eating Insects Athens, which will be held August 13th – August 15th, 2018 in Athens, Georgia, USA at the University of Georgia: Center for Continuing Education and Hotel (The “Georgia Center”). Eating Insects Athens (EIA) will build on the momentum of Eating Insects Detroit […]
Submitted Novel Food Applications
Probably you’re wondering who has already submitted an application for the novel food authorization. Well, you can satisfy your curiosity visiting the EU “Summary of ongoing applications and notifications” site section. At the moment you can find three submission regarding edible insects: 1 from ProtiFarm (Lesser mealworms) and 2 for Micronutris (Tenebrio molitor and Gryllodes […]
Insects feed from Russia
Interview with Ivan Sokolov, CEO of Biogenesis Tell us how Biogenesis project started The issue of waste processing in Russia is particularly urgent: about 70 million tons of waste are generated annually in our country. Just imagine, in terms of volume, this can be compared to 10 Pyramids of Cheops! And it is mostly food […]
Plumento: made in Germany
A short talk with Dr. Daniel Mohr, cofounder of Plumento Foods Tell us about Plumento and how you guys got involved in the edible insect world I lived 15 years in China and met other members of our team there. We saw there how the protein demand is increasing to a level that is not […]
Edible insects on the shelves
January 1st has gone. Nothing has changed. Not a surprise, for those informed about the new Novel Food Regulation. But this is also a problem. Reality is different from country to country, a grey fog is covering everything and for the consumers the situation is not clear. For entrepreneurs either. Many have real confused ideas […]
