Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57182
Food: Insects
Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle 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 ZeichnerDefra’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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