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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12712
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Food

European Commission and EU27 experts agree to authorise first insect as novel food

In the name of sustainable development, insects will soon be appearing legally on the plates of EU consumers.

Member State experts have approved a European Commission proposal to allow the use of dried yellow mealworms as a novel food, the institution announced on Tuesday 4 May. This is a first.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had previously given its green light (see EUROPE B12635A19).

Pasta and biscuits. Dried yellow mealworm “can be used as a whole dried insect as a snack or...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
Social interview: “We will have to be imaginative to overcome the three obstacles of the European treaties“, says Olivier De Schutter
SOCIAL: few changes to draft declaration of Porto Social Summit
EDUCATION: European Commission Expert Group on quality investment in education and training takes its first steps
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: illegal returns and visa conditionality, four third countries in crosshairs of EU Member States
JUSTICE: European Commission refuses to consent to accession of UK to Lugano Convention
TOURISM: revised draft of EU Council conclusions calls for mapping of available funding for tourism sector
TRANSPORT: S&D group in European Parliament presents a series of proposals to make EU carbon neutral by 2050
FOOD: European Commission and EU27 experts agree to authorise first insect as novel food
ENERGY: first indications on European Commission’s plans for revision of ‘RED II’ Directive
ENERGY: hydrogen’s contribution to decarbonising European economy could exceed EU projections, according to Hydrogen4EU project
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: European Parliament and Council of the EU start negotiations on ‘digital green certificate’ and reiterate their differences
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency starts to review vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac
AGRICULTURE: Covid-19, European Commission extends check flexibilities on CAP aid
ECONOMY: Poland, fourteenth Member State to submit its National Recovery Plan
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: EU Council determined to strengthen its capacity to act as a global security provider
EXTERNAL ACTION
WTO: revised proposal to waiver patents on Covid-19 vaccines expected at WTO in May
WTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announces appointment of four Deputy-Directors General, including two women
ETHIOPIA: EU cancels its election observation mission for 5 June legislative elections
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEVELOPMENT: European Commission consults on a draft regulation completing single financial instrument NDICI
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Denmark authorised to pay 400 million euros for electricity production from renewable energy sources
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: call for an appeal to Court of Justice of European Union in case of non-return of plenary sessions in Strasbourg
NEWS BRIEFS
AZERBAIJAN: over 120 MEPs call for return of Armenian prisoners to their country
PATENTS: European Patent Office announces finalists for European Inventor Award 2021
CLIMATE: new climate commitments would lead to global warming of 2.4˚C by 2100, estimates Climate Action Tracker
EDUCATION: only half of European students learn to recognise “whether online information is biased”, reports OECD
INDUSTRY: industrial strategy, Friends of the Earth concerned about new industrial alliances planned by European Commission
HEALTH: European Commission launches final phase of public consultation on European Health Data Space
SOCIAL: employment and social innovation, Lithuania receives 8 million euros to support its small and micro-enterprises