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The Mediterranean’s vaunted diet and France’s “bon gout” are getting some competition: The European Union’s food safety body says worms are safe to eat.
The Parma-based group on Wednesday published a scientific opinion on the safety of dry yellow worms and handed them toes. Researchers said the worms, either eaten whole or in powder form, are a food or whole food ingredient for other foods.
There may be allergic reactions, especially depending on the type of feed given to the lice, which is officially called Tenebrio molitor larva. But overall “the panel concludes that the (modern food) food is safe under the intended consumption and consumption standards.”
As a result, the European Union has now thrown its weight behind worms in the same way as the United Nations. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in 2013 supported low-protein edible germs for humans, pets and livestock that are environmentally friendly and help nourish the diet. hungry.
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