Valusect has launched 3 voucher calls these past few months - 2 on insects for food and 1 on insects for feed -, all with the objective of providing help from our expert partners to SMEs to develop their innovative idea, which will participate in improving insect production in North-West Europe. One of the voucher selected SMEs, Illucens, has recently won a ‘NRW – economy in transition’ prize – organised by Land der Ideen – in the start-up category! Read More
Since the beginning of our Valusect project – which focuses on yellow mealworm, house cricket and migratory locust – the legislation around novel food and insects in particular has seen some encouraging developments. Read More
Last Friday (16 September 2022), our partners Fontys University of Applied Science and Thomas More participated in the Insecta Conference that took place in Gießen (Germany) between the 14th and the 16th. Read More
Our very own partner, Carlos Álvarez-García from Teagasc, has been interviewed this summer by the Irish radio, Tipp FM, to discuss the three insect species currently authorised in the EU as ‘novel food’ (‘House cricket’, ‘yellow mealworm’ and ‘migratory locus’). Read More
What is the impact of insect rearing in terms of greenhouse gasses emissions? That’s the question our partners, Inagro and the Fontys University, have set out to answer. Read More
The British Food Standard Agency (FSA) has launched a public consultation on transitional arrangements for edible insects in Great Britain that will remain open until August 10, 2022. Read More
The ValuSect consortium is glad to announce the attribution of €350.000 worth of services to 12 SMEs to boost their insects for feed business. The selected SMEs will get help from our expert partners to develop their innovative idea, which will participate in improving insect production for feed in North-West Europe. Read More
Between June 12 and 16 2022, we took part in the 4th Insects to Feed the World Conference in Québec City (Canada), a truly worldwide event as it gathered more than 400 academics and experts from around the world, both on site and online, to exchange on the latest advancements in the field of edible insects and entotechnologies. Read More
On 30-31 May 2022, the ValuSect General Assembly 2022 took place in Wädenswil, Switzerland organised by our partner Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Read More
Insect-based food products cannot currently be sold in the UK.
Why is that? What impact does it have? And what does the future hold for the national sector?
Find out in our policy brief. Read More
