Earlier this week, the Council of the EU voted to accept proposed amendments to legislation governing farmed insects used in animal feeds.

In a statement following the announcement, Jason Drew, co-founder of AgriProtein said \"Trawling the oceans to produce fishmeal is one of the most destructive activities on the planet.  Replacing fish protein with insect protein in animal diets allows us to dedicate our oceans to production for human consumption alone.\"

While the new regulations will permit insect protein as a feed in EU aquaculture, it is still not permitted in feeds for other farm animals. AgriProtein is urging a change. “We’re calling on regulators to move to the next logical step: give insect protein the green light as a feed for all non-ruminants and give post-consumer waste the green light as an insect-rearing material.”

“Outside the EU, our fly-factories are already making a big dent in the waste-to-landfill problem.  Once our new factory model is rolled out, they will be capable of recycling 250 tonnes of domestic organic waste per day.\"

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