Join AFFIA at VICTAM
“Insect Protein for Animal Feed: Functionalities and Nutritional Aspects” conference Date: Tuesday 24 March at 10:30 This session takes place during VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 for which you can register here. Access to the exhibition is free after registration. For some conferences a fee will be charged. Filling out the registration […]
Sustainability of insects production
The European Commission is conducting a survey for the H2020 EU SUStainable INsect CHAIN (SUSINCHAIN) project on the environmental impact and economic viability of insect production. Your response would be a valuable contribution for this sustainability assessment and design of sustainable production model for insect companies. The results of the analysis will be public (and […]
A pic of the sector
Interview with Antoine Hubert, IPIFF President Many are wondering when the first Novel Food authorisations concerning edible insects for human consumption will be released. What’s the situation? Currently (mid December 2019) there are twenty-one applications submitted to the European Commission for authorisation for insects as novel food and five notifications for insects as a traditional […]
IPIFF guide on Novel food regulation
This briefing paper sets out the administrative steps to be followed by insect producers intending to submit an application for authorisation of an insect/ insect product as novel food within the European Union. It is intended to be used as a practical guide to the EU legislative texts that are applicable to their activities, namely […]
Talking about edible insects
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Edible insects in the food sector
“Edible insects in the food sector – Methods, current applications,and perspectives” is the new book from Springer. The book: explores the current state of entomophagy, including nutritional qualities, sensory properties, consumer preferences, food neophobia, and willingness-to-pay for insect-fed animals Provides case studies on timely topics such as health risks and allergies for human consumption, […]
Report from Agroinsecta
The use of insects as a possible solution to reduce food waste and, at the same time, encourage the production of new materials useful to man. It is one of the examples of circular economy illustrated at the “Agroinsecta” conference held in Tortona, a moment of reflection on the experiments currently underway in the world […]
