Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57182

Food: Insects

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

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.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
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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