Introduction to insect farming : Legislation and Regulation
Christophe Derrien, IPIFF Secretary General
IPIFF Workshop ‘Insect Farming in Scotland’, Edinburgh, 7 February 2019
1 AGENDA
1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members
2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges
3. EU and international regulatory environment
4. IPIFF Roadmap
2 1. INTRODUCTION: IPIFF AND ITS MEMBERS
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.
3 1. INTRODUCTION: IPIFF AND ITS MEMBERS
Denmark: The Netherlands: Protix, Proti-Farm, Belgium: Danish Technological Koppert, Amusca, Entogourmet B.V, Nusect, Inagro Institute, Enorm New Generation Nutrition Biofactory Ireand: Lithuania: Insectum Hexafly Germany: Hermetia, Snack Insects, UK: IMBT ltd Plumento Foods, Illucens, Sens Foods, France: Ynsect, Reinartz, GreenCycle Micronutris, Poland: HiProMine Jimini’s, NextProtein, NextAlim, Switzerland: Mutatec, Essento, BITS, Innovafeed, Rethink resource Alim’ Ento, Protifly, Hungary: Fish farm Llc Entomojo, Les Fruits de Terre, Invers Bulgaria: Nasekomo
Non European members Spain: MealFood Europe, Italy: University Croatia: Mudro BioBee, FlyingSpark, Universitat Rovira i virgili, of Parma, Italian Bioindustry Entofood, AgriProtein, Beta Proteinsecta, Entomo Agro Cricket Farm 4 Hatch, Entoprotech industrial AGENDA
1. Introduction: IPIFF and its members
2. Global perspective: opportunities and challenges
3. EU and international regulatory environment
4. IPIFF Roadmap
5 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Global population growth commands to ‘double protein production’ by 2050
72% increase in global meat demand (2000 60 mln MT proteins vs 2030) forecasted to be missing by 2030 in order to meet the expected demand (FAO)
9,0 (Billions)
Population 7,5
1950 1970 1990 2010 2025 2050 Population growth 6 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Need for credible solutions to solve global challenges
Need for more ‘high grade’ proteins ‘88 Millions tonnes of food o Direct replacement wasted in the EU each year’ o Alternative feed ingredients
7 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Source: IPIFF vision paper on the future of the insect sector towards 2030 (31 October 2018) 8 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
The European insect production sector today
▪ 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. 9 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) 10 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Insects can add a new layer to the waste hierarchy
11 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Substrates used by IPIFF members to feed their insects
Source: IPIFF questionnaire (March 2018) 12 2. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Economic, societal & regulatory 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.
13 AGENDA
1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members
2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges
3. EU and International regulatory environment
4. IPIFF Roadmap
14 3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
EU legislation- insect production in the EU
▪ 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 not apply to insects…however…important topic
15 Source: European Commission (DG SANTE) – IPIFF Conference (21 November 2017) 3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Eligible feed materials for insect feed materials
▪ 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.
16 Source: European Commission (DG SANTE) – IPIFF Conference (21 November 2017) 3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
‘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 European insect producers since the aqua feed authorisation.
▪Today, the aqua feed market consumes approximately 50% of European animal feed made from insects. This is expected to rise to 75% by 2030.
Source: IPIFF questionnaire (October 2018) 17 3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT: POULTRY FEED AS NEXT STEP ?
18 3. EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULAOTRY ENVIRONMENT
International regulatory overview
19 AGENDA
1. Introduction: IPIFF & its members
2. Global perspective: opportunities & challenges
3. EU and international regulatory environment
4. IPIFF Roadmap
20 4. IPIFF ROADMAP
21 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). 22 4. IPIFF POLICY AND REGULATORY ROADMAP
IPIFF projects & running - Publication of the IPIFF Guide on activities Good Hygiene Practices - Feb. 2019.
- IPIFF Sectorial Working Groups (‘food safety & consumers’ information; ‘feed hygiene & animal nutrition’).
- 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)
23 Thank you for your attention!
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