An historical day
After the recent Efsa positive scientific opinion, yesterday spread the news that the Conference of States has given the definitive green light to the use of Tenebrio molitor as a food for humans. In the historical session, the rules for the labeling of products edible insects based products were also deliberated, so now everything is […]
Inef: italian insects
Interview with James Caon, INEF founder How did you start farming insects? I started raising food insects on an amateur level mainly to meet the dietary needs of my reptiles. In 2018 I decided to develop my hobby into a small business and opened my company, INEF, which stands for “Insect Novel Ecologic Food”. I […]
Alia Insect Farm
Interview with Carlotta Totaro Fila, Alia founder Hi Carlotta, tell us how you entered the world of edible insects I saw for the first time edible insects about 10 years ago. I heard about it in a R&D lab in the Netherlands – I was working at the time as a company nutritionist for a […]
Efsa: green light for mealworms
Today is a great day! Efsa released the first positive opinion on the safety of mealworms as human food. Read the full text here: Efsa opinion on Yellow Mealworms Jan 13, 2021Entomofago
FAO Guidance on sustainable insect farming
The FAO recently released a practical manual for farmers and inspectors, and this is a really good news for the industry. You can find the Guidance here; FAO_Guidance on sustainable crickets farming Dec 19, 2020Entomofago
Insects to fight mycotoxins
If we want to describe our condition on Earth, we can say that we are “fugitives” who, as a result of the enormous population growth, no longer know where to flee – Danilo Mainardi This is the warning found on the last pages of “L’etologia caso per caso”, in which the author Danilo Mainardi compares […]
Ilaria Marini joined our team
My name is Ilaria Marini, I’m twenty-six years old and I recently graduated with a master degree in Veterinary Biotechnology from the University of Milan. Thanks to a series of seminars about the use of insects as animal feed that I had the pleasure to attend during my studies, I developed a deep interest in […]
Note on Novel Food Regulation
Extract fom the IPIFF Information Note: “CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) clarifies ‘whole edible insects’ do not fall under the old novel foods Regulation: On those grounds, the Court (Third Chamber) hereby rules: Article 1(2)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 […]
