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UIN 57182

Food: Insects

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3 June 2025

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11 June 2025 · Answer

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11 June 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential role of insect protein in (a) animal and (b) human diets in the last ten years.

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  1. 3 June 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential role of insect protein in (a) animal and (b) human diets in the last ten years.

    Source: Commons

  2. 11 June 2025

    Answer

    Defra’s scientific research is exploring ways to reduce environmental impacts of livestock production, including research to better understand the role of insect protein in pig and poultry feed (not human diets) in addressing this aim. Examples include a ...

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