| Heading: |
Food: Insects |
| Question ID: |
1767010 |
| UIN: |
32582 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a policy on the introduction of insects into the human diet. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
Defra does not have a specific policy on insects in the human diet, but continues to monitor the research in this area. In Great Britain, edible insects are considered novel foods. Novel foods require authorisation before they are permitted on the market.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |