Introduction to insect farming : Legislation and Regulation

Christophe Derrien, IPIFF Secretary General

IPIFF Workshop ‘Insect Farming in Scotland’, Edinburgh, 7 February 2019

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1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members

2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges

3. EU and international regulatory environment

4. IPIFF Roadmap

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AGENDA

WHAT IS IPIFF? ‘International Platform of Insects for Food & Feed’

▪Originally founded in 2012 and formally established in 2015.▪Alliance of key players - 50 members today - in the insect industry. ▪The ‘voice of insect producers’ towards the European institutions & other relevant stakeholders.

IPIFF OBJECTIVES - ‘Building a responsible sector’

▪Promoting insects as top-tier source of nutrients for food & feed.▪Consolidating dialogue with EU public authorities & advocating for appropriate legislative frameworks.▪Support insect producers in the effective implementation of food & feed safety legislation.▪Promotion and/or development of shared standards & best practices.

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1. INTRODUCTION: IPIFF AND ITS MEMBERS

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Denmark:Danish Technological Institute, Enorm Biofactory

Poland: HiProMine

Non European membersBioBee, FlyingSpark, Entofood, AgriProtein, Beta Hatch, Entoprotech

Italy: University of Parma, Italian Cricket Farm

UK: IMBT ltd

The Netherlands: Protix, Proti-Farm, Koppert, Amusca, Entogourmet B.V, New Generation Nutrition

Belgium: Nusect, Inagro

Spain: MealFood Europe,Universitat Rovira i virgili,Proteinsecta, Entomo Agro industrial

Lithuania: Insectum

1. INTRODUCTION: IPIFF AND ITS MEMBERS

Switzerland:Essento, BITS, Rethink resource

Ireand: Hexafly

Germany: Hermetia, Snack Insects, Plumento Foods, Illucens, Sens Foods, Reinartz, GreenCycle

Hungary: Fish farm Llc

Bulgaria: Nasekomo

France: Ynsect, Micronutris, Jimini’s, NextProtein, NextAlim, Mutatec, Innovafeed,Alim’ Ento,Protifly,Entomojo,Les Fruits de Terre,Invers

Croatia: Mudro Bioindustry

1. Introduction: IPIFF and its members

2. Global perspective: opportunities and challenges

3. EU and international regulatory environment

4. IPIFF Roadmap

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Global population growth commands to ‘double protein production’ by 2050

2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

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60 mln MT proteins forecasted to be

missing by 2030 in order to meet the expected demand

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72% increase in global meat demand (2000

vs 2030)

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Need for credible solutions to solve global challenges

Need for more ‘high grade’ proteinso Direct replacemento Alternative feed ingredients

‘88 Millions tonnes of food wasted in the EU each year’

2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

8Source: IPIFF vision paper on the future of the insect sector towards 2030 (31 October 2018)

▪ Dozens of companies are established in Europe today

▪Sector predominantly composed of SMEs, serving both food & feed markets.

▪European companies play a leading role in terms of innovation & technological advancement.

▪EU production represents today few thousands tonnes, whereas investments account above 400 Million Euros – 2 billion EUR are expected by 2025 (source: IPIFF questionnaire October 2018)

▪A few hundred jobs today – potential to increase up to a few thousands by 2025.

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The European insect production sector today

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2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Estimated Volumes of production of insect protein until 2025 in Europe (in thousands of tonnes)

Source: IPIFF questionnaire (October 2018)

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Insects can add a new

layer to the waste

hierarchy

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Substrates used by IPIFF members to feed their insects

Source: IPIFF questionnaire (March 2018)

2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

▪ Need to upscale in order to increase the price competitiveness and stability compared to other protein sources.

▪ Heavy investments in modern processing technologies (e.g. semi-automated production systems) are still needed

▪ Addressing consumers expectations for safe, nutritious and high quality products is key

▪ Regulatory challenges: in the EU today, opportunities for using and feeding insects remain quite limited.

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2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Economic, societal & regulatory challenges

1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members

2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges

3. EU and International regulatory environment

4. IPIFF Roadmap

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▪ Insects kept in the EU for the production of food, feed or other purposes are ‘farmed animals’ (Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 on Animal by Products)

▪ General requirements for food hygiene and animal Health apply to insect production (Reg (EC) No 178/2002 (General Food Law) and 183/2005 (Feed Hygiene)

▪ Invertebrates are excluded from Directive 98/58/EC : EU welfare rules do notapply to insects…however…important topic

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3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

EU legislation- insect production in the EU

Source: European Commission (DG SANTE) – IPIFF Conference (21 November 2017)

▪ Regulation (EC) No 767/2009: animals in the EU may be only be fed with safe feed & prohibition of feeding faces and separated digestive tract content.

▪ Animal by Products legislation prohibits to feed insects for feed use with manure or catering waste and unprocessed former foodstuffs containing meat or fish.

▪ Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 prohibits to feed insects with any PAPs, except fishmeal.

▪ EU residue limits for contaminants (Directive 2002/32/EC) apply to feed for insects and insects as feed materials.

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3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

Eligible feed materials for insect feed materials

‘First successes’: insect proteins in aquaculture(authorized since 1st July 2017)

▪The ‘aqua feed authorisation (7 species authorised) constituted a major‘milestone’ towards the development of the European insect production.

▪Roughly 1,000 tonnes of insect protein have been commercialized by Europeaninsect producers since the aqua feed authorisation.

▪Today, the aqua feed market consumes approximately 50% of European animalfeed made from insects. This is expected to rise to 75% by 2030.

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3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

Source: IPIFF questionnaire (October 2018)

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3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT: POULTRY FEED AS NEXT STEP ?

International regulatory overview

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3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULAOTRY ENVIRONMENT

1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members

2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges

3. EU and international regulatory environment

4. IPIFF Roadmap

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4. IPIFF ROADMAP

Other EU opportunities for the European insect sector

▪ Horizon 2020 ( e.g. Work Programme: "LC-SFS-17-2019: Alternative proteins for food and feed” and ‘Horizon Europe’(FP 9 Programme).

▪ Ongoing discussions in the wake of the EU Protein report : IPIFF calls or a wider strategy that looks beyond plant based materials and considers all ‘new’ protein sources (incl. insects, algae or microbial proteins sources).

▪ Ongoing discussions on the setting of EU standards for insect organic production.

▪ The new EU legislation on fertilisers aims to foster the re-use of animal by products via land use (CMC 11).

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4. IPIFF ROADMAP

- Publication of the IPIFF Guide onGood Hygiene Practices - Feb. 2019.

- IPIFF Sectorial Working Groups(‘food safety & consumers’information; ‘feed hygiene & animalnutrition’).

- IPIFF Task Forces on ‘insect frass’ &‘organic insect farming’

- Beyond Europe: collaboration with regional insect associations (AFFIA IPAA, NACIA) established since ‘IFW conference’ (Wuhan, May 2018)

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IPIFF projects & running activities

4. IPIFF POLICY AND REGULATORY ROADMAP

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Thank you for your attention!

IPIFF Secretariat – Avenue Adolphe Lacomblé 59, 1030 Brussels T: +32-2-743 29 97 ; christophe.derrien@ipiff.org

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