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Substrates on which insects may be reared
- Mainly of vegetal origin
- Strictly defined in regulation (Lahteenmaki-Uutela et al., 2021)
- Can also be applied to the lipid fraction
- www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/full_html/2022/01/ocl220011/ocl220011.html
Animal fat definition
- “product composed of fat from land animals, including invertebrates other than species pathogenic to humans and animals in all their life stages” (Regulation (EU) No 68/2013).
- By consequence, for the feed applications, they can fully address all the feed markets such as
- Aquaculture, pet food, poultry, pigs, and other animals’ nutrition, without any justification to EU authorities.
- www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/full_html/2022/01/ocl220011/ocl220011.html
For human consumption
- Insects must be approved as a Novel Food
- Under regulation (EU) No 2015/2283
- Authorized after a safety assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/full_html/2022/01/ocl220011/ocl220011.html
