| Title | EFSA Report Considers Risks of Eating Insects | |
| Date | Tuesday October 13 2015, @05:53AM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the wasp,-medium-rare,-with-a-side-of-ants dept. | ||
The European Food Safety Authority has published its initial risk assessment of using insects as a source of protein for human consumption and animal feed.
It concluded that risks to human and animal health depended on how the insects were reared and processed.
The UN suggests that "edible insects" could provide a sustainable source of nutrition for a growing population.
The findings have been sent to the European Commission, which requested the EFSA risk assessment.
The report produced by a working group convened by the EFSA scientific committee, compiled a report that assessed "potential biological and chemical hazards, as well as allergenicity and environmental hazards, associated with farmed insects used in food and feed taking into account the entire chain, from farming to the final product".
Risk #99: Projectile vomit.
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