Approval of fourth insect as a Novel Food - European Commission, Jan 2023
Approval of fourth insect as a Novel Food - European Commission, Jan 2023
A selection of questions and answers compiled through the approval process.
Their outline :
- approval insect novel food (europa.eu) https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/novel-food/authorisations/approval-insect-novel-food_en
referred to "publications" of their "studies"
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Safety of frozen and freeze‐dried formulations of the lesser mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus larva) as a Novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 - - 2022 - EFSA Journal - Wiley Online Library https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7325
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Safety of partially defatted house cricket (Acheta domesticus) powder as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 - - 2022 - EFSA Journal - Wiley Online Library https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7258
The EU's new regulation https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/58/oj
The EFSA didn't do any proper testing, and say.. we haven't found any previous data so it's probably safe ..
Bunch of quacks if you ask me.
There's already insects in food coloring ingredients. So if this freaked you out, don't freak out. There's bugs in your M&M's
imo, a 'coloring extract' and 'grinded mealworm (larva of Alphitobius diaperinus)' are quite a different comparison.
Here's a study on parasites in 'novel food' showing there are quite some.. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0219303#sec006