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Insect food: seventh customs clearance by EFSA

The moths of the "Tenebrio molitor" flour judged "safe food" by the European scientific agency

The European Union continues to clear additional insect-based products through its main bodies. The latest opinion expressed by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) offers green light to the dust treated with ultraviolet rays of the larvae of the flour moth (Tenebrio molitor). This is the seventh insect-based "novel food" whose safety has been assessed by EFSA, after two formulations of mealworm...

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Parma, PR, Italia, 06/07/2023 10:27
EFA News - European Food Agency

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