Vanguardngr.com, 1/13/21; Pat Macpherson, Ashley Wells, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly |
| If I swallowed a worm, roach, or insect parts (like in hotdogs), I'd vomit! (express.co.uk) |
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| Worms, yum? YUCK! *Vomit* I won't eat creepy insects or animals (vanguardngr.com) |
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The European Union’s food watchdog today (1/13/21) paved the way for eaters across Europe to be fed WORMS as it gave safety approval for human consumption of
desiccated yellow mealworms (shown above).
The move by EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) is the preliminary step needed before officials can decide whether to allow businesses to sell the "beetle larvae" to consumers across the 27-country bloc [EU or "Eee-yew!"]
The ruling is the first completed
risk assessment of an insect product application by the agency as it looks to approve a potential boom sector that could provide a sustainable source of slimy protein. [
Roaches next?]
It could “pave the way for the first EU-wide approval,” Ermolaos Ververis, a scientific officer in EFSA’s NUTRI unit, said in a statement.
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Risk evaluation is a decisive and necessary step in the regulation of novel foods by supporting policymakers in the EU in making science-based decisions and ensuring the safety of consumers.”
The EFSA said it had found the worms — or
Tenebrio molitor larva — were mostly safe to be eaten “either as a whole dried insect [with stomach and
fecal matter intact] or in the form of powder [so people won't notice]” after an application from French insect-rearing firm Micronutris.
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