Posted on 08/16/2017 8:13:55 PM PDT by Lorianne
Supermarket Coop makes leap after law change allows sale of grasshoppers, crickets and mealworms for human consumption
Switzerland’s second-largest supermarket chain will begin selling insect burgers for human consumption after the country’s food safety laws were revised.
Coop said insect-based produce such as the flour burgers and balls of protein-rich mealworm would go on sale next week.
The products, made by a Swiss start-up called Essento, will be available in a handful of Coop branches, including in Geneva, Bern and Zurich, from 21 August, according to a statement.
Switzerland is the first European country to authorise the sale of insect-based food items for humans, a spokeswoman for the country’s food safety authority said.
Swiss food safety laws were changed in May to allow for the sale of food items containing three types of insects: crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms, which are the larval form of the mealworm beetle.
These insects, long used in animal feed, must be bred under strict supervision for four generations before they are considered appropriate for human consumption, according to Swiss law. This means local production will take a few months to get started.
In the meantime, imports are possible under strict conditions – the insects must be raised in accordance with the Swiss requirements at a company submitted to inspections by national food safety authorities.
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That can’t possibly be Kosher! ;)
What?
Is it “Eat Like A North Korean Day!” In Switzerland?
The crickets and grasshoppers are...
There isn’t enough catsup...
Just wait until the Chinese start producing these, and they don’t follow the strict regulations. People will be eating mealworms that were only intended for cows. Count on it.
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