Insect snacks to undergo EU safety tests
My Grandmother used to say “we all have to eat a peck of muck before we die” but frankly this article points to the ridiculous turn our endless quest for novelty foods has taken.
This article explains: “Now food standards watchdogs across the European Union are preparing to give them safety tests. Though such dishes are being increasingly seen as the food of the future for affluent as well as poorer societies, the European commission in Brussels and agencies in members states haven’t a clue about how many citizens are now eating the foods. They are asking suppliers, retailers and natural history experts to help them establish just how far down the road Europeans are in following other nation’s dietary habits, such as cockroaches (China), witchetty grubs (Australia), locusts (many places in Africa) and agave worms (Mexico, where they accompany tortilla as well as tequila). Enthusiasts say the foods, cooked, are a dependable source of protein and don’t take up the farmland feeding livestock – or the greenhouse gases affecting climate change.”
Makes me think of a new diversification opportunity for our maggot farms – bluebottle anyone?