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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11693

21 December 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food safety
Green light for use of insect protein in aquaculture
Brussels, 20/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

National experts on the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed meeting on Tuesday 13 December endorsed the European Commission proposal that ground insect meal be introduced as a source of protein for farmed fish.

The text is expected to be adopted officially by the Commission in the spring and come into effect from 1 July 2017.

The IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed) hopes that this authorisation for fish farming is a first step towards the use of...

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