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EFSA’s guidance for Novel Food applications
Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods, the European Commission requested EFSA to update and develop scientific and technical guidance for the preparation and presentation of applications for authorization of novel foods. This guidance presents a common format for the organization of the information to be presented in […]
Edible insects: are companies escaping from Italy?
It has been almost a year since our first interview with Marco Ceriani, founder of Italbugs. The Italian start-up is moving more and more towards foreign countries, so we wanted to understand more about that. In spite of your name, your company has been described as part of the brain-drain phenomenon, why? In Italy we […]
Edible insects: a clear and comprehensive legislation is needed
Interview with Dr. Daniele Sisto, head of the Veterinary Service at the Local Health Unit 6 of the Western Friuli and Regional Coordinator for Small Local Productions After the interview to Dr. Daniele Sisto, I realized how difficult it is to disentangle and juggle with numerous sources of law (continuously updated) in the field of […]
Draft guidance on applications for novel foods: EFSA’s public consultation
EFSA has launched a public consultation on two draft guidance documents in the area of novel foods. EFSA developed the documents following the adoption in November 2015 of the EU Regulation on novel foods. The first document specifies the requirements applicants need to meet when submitting applications for the authorisation of novel foods. The second […]
Interview with Dr. T. Goumperis – EFSA
We made some questions to Dr. Tilemachos Goumperis -an expert of the Emerging Risks Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)- about the hypothetical risks related to the rearing and consumption of edible insects and his personal experience with Entomophagy. What are the real risks concerning food security arising from the production and […]
EFSA’s Scientific Opinion on the risks of edible insects as food and feed
Interest is growing in the potential benefits of using insects in food and animal feed, but what would be the risks from production, processing and consumption of this alternative source of protein? EFSA has addressed this question with a risk profile that identifies the potential biological and chemical hazards as well as allergenicity and […]
