Safety of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA), EFSA; Turck, Dominique; Castenmiller, Jacqueline; De Henauw, Stefaan; Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Karen; Kearney, John; Maciuk, Alexandre; Mangelsdorf, Inge; J McArdle, Harry; Naska, Androniki; Peláez, Carmen; Pentieva, Kristina; Siani, Alfonso; Thiès, Frank; Tsabouri, Sophia; Vinceti, Marco; Cubadda, Francesco; Frenzel, Thomas; Heinonen, Marina; Marchelli, Rosangela; Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Monika; Poulsen, Morten; Prieto Maradona, Miguel; Rudolf Schlatter, Josef; van Loveren, Henk; Ververis, Ermolaos; Katrine Knutsen, Helle

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6343

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Safety of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283

Published in EFSA Journal • Jan 1, 2021

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EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA)

Dominique Turck

Jacqueline Castenmiller

Abstract

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. The term yellow mealworm refers to the lar...

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Food science

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