Insects: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 124254 · Tabled 26 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider reclassifying insects from the farmed livestock classification under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, Article 3(6), to enable insect bioconversion for waste treatment
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 13 Apr 2026
There are no plans to review Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 that defines insects as farmed animals and therefore restricts their use in insect bioconversion for waste treatment. This is because catering waste cannot be fed to farmed animals....