EFSA Declares Mealworms Safe for Human Consumption

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released a scientific opinion in the EFSA Journal on January 13, 2021 evaluating the safety of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) and finding in the affirmative. This is EFSA’s first opinion on insects as a novel food. The opinion, adopted November 24, 2020, considered the uses listed in... Continue Reading