novel food - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T11:52:28Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/novel+foodEFSA ready to evaluate lab-meat applications whenever it gets onehttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/efsa-ready-to-evaluate-lab-meat-applications-whenever-it-gets-one2023-10-03T09:58:14.000Z2023-10-03T09:58:14.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>There’s not going to be any lab -grown meat in Europe until the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says so. </p>
<p>But according to Wolfgang Gelbmann, a senior scientific officer at EFSA in the novel foods area, Europe has not received any applications for review of cell-culture-derived food.</p>
<p>Speaking recently on EFSA’s podcast “Science on the Menu,” Gelbmann said his agency is ready to conduct a scientific evaluation If it receives a novel food application.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/10/efsa-ready-to-evaluate-lab-meat-applications-whenever-it-gets-one-u-s-already-approved-some/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>How France became the unlikely home of the insect-farming industryhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-france-became-the-unlikely-home-of-the-insect-farming-industr2023-02-10T09:29:08.000Z2023-02-10T09:29:08.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>Walking into Ÿnsect’s flagship manufacturing site in Dole, eastern France, the first thing that visitors are met with is a hot, earthy, composting smell. With it comes the realization that this is not a typical factory. At 17 metres high, this is the world’s largest vertical insect farm — home to at least 3 trillion mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor).</p>
<p>The company’s chief executive and co-founder, Antoine Hubert, says that the beetles have a good life, as far as being an insect goes. Each of their stacked plastic trays is kept at an optimal 60% humidity and a balmy 25–27 °C. Nutrition, growth and moisture levels are all recorded for analysis, and human visitors are allowed to inspect the trays only from a distance — to prevent contamination of this prized ecosystem.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00290-z" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>