Question 11235 — agri-food

Summary

Mr. Sébastien Nadot draws the attention of the Minister of Economy and Finance to the situation of companies producing, importing and distributing insects. With its new “Novel Food” regulation which entered into force on January 1, 2018, the European Union has expressed its desire to study the marketing of crickets and mealworms. In this context, the European Union has obtained several reassuring reports from EFSA (Europe), ANSES (France) and AFSCA (Belgium) containing no mention of real or proven danger from the consumption of farmed crickets and mealworms. The European Union's response time to these marketing requests ranges from 18 to 24 months. In accordance with Article 35 of the said “Novel Food” regulation, certain Member States have decided to apply a transitional period of 2 years in order to allow players in their sector to calmly continue their development while awaiting marketing authorization. France has not implemented this transition period, thus placing all French players in the production, importation and distribution of insects in an illegal situation and unable to immediately comply, forcing them to file for bankruptcy and dismiss their staff. The only solution for the sector French to be able to continue to exist on the European and international market would be to obtain the same transitional period of 24 months. He asks him if he intends to allow companies in the French insect production, distribution and import sector to benefit from a transitional period of 24 months in order to be able to continue their development while awaiting authorization to place their products on the market.

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