Interview with Frank Kamsteeg, founder and Ceo at Nochey BV
Interview with Frank Kamsteeg, founder and Ceo at Nochey BV, author of “9 reasons why eating insects is healthier than what you are eating at the moment” Obviously the first question is: why should the western world start eating insects? Insects are healthy, durable and a great replacement for our traditional meat. In the near […]
Novel Food national Authorities list
The list of national Authorities responsible for the implementation of European Parliament and Council Regulation EC 258/97 on Novel Food: Novel Food national authorities list Jan 15, 2016Entomofago
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 […]
Bugsolutely: Pasta with cricket flour
We interviewed Massimo Reverberi, founder of Bugsolutely Did you decide to become an entrepreneur in the field of edible insects when you were in Thailand? Or did you come up with this idea in Italy and then you moved for other reasons? It’s something I’ve decided to do in Thailand. The idea arose long before, […]
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). Dec 28, 2015Entomofago
