- It fully revised the preamble and pending issues on the Codex Standard
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses: CCNFSDU43
New era for insects!
The EU Commission confirmed EFSA’s scientific opinion and authorizes the first edible insect, dried yellow mealworm, to be placed on the European market.
The authorisation will provide for the product to be sold in whole, dried form or to be used as an ingredient in other foods and is the first authorisation of its kind.
Edible insect legislation
Edible insect legislation
Traditional sources of protein are sometimes controversial for a number of reasons; therefore, in recent years insects have been touted as a potential replacement to meat products. The human consumption of crickets and other insects was last clarified in late 2015, when the European rules on novel foods were updated. In the