Food: Insects
Commons · Question 33762 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 26637 on Food: Insects, what his policy is on the use of insect-based novel foods for human consumption to deliver net zero goals
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 27 Mar 2025
Defra is currently undertaking research on the insect bioconversion industry, including a life-cycle assessment to better understand the environmental impacts of using insect protein in pig and poultry feeds.