Legislation hindersuse of in-feed bugs
立法阻碍了昆虫饲料的使用
Recently I have been attacked by insects, not literally by the animal,but by information surrounding these bugs and their use as a valuableingredient in animal and human diets. However, legislation is not that fast andtheir use in animal diets is still prohibited.
最近我遭到了昆虫的攻击，这并不是字面意义上的昆虫，而是围绕这些昆虫的信息以及他们作为动物以及人类饮食的重要成分。然而，立法并没有这么快，而且他们在动物饮食中的使用仍然被禁止。
The FAO estimates that the worldneeds to increase its food production by 70% by2050 inorder to serve a global population of ninebillion. Animal feed production is increasingly competing for resources (land,water and fertiliser) with human food and fuel production, urbanisation andnature. 70% of the world's agricultural land is already directly or indirectlydedicated to meat production. With a growing world population and increasinglydemanding consumers, can we still produce sufficient animal protein in thefuture? We need to identify alternative protein sources with urgency, andinsects have great potential in contributing to global food security.
联合国粮农组织预测世界需要在2050年将食物产量增加70%，以便满足世界90亿的人口。动物食物的生产越来越与人类食物和燃料生产竞争资源（土地，水以及肥料）。世界上70%的农业土地已经直接或间接的贡献给了肉品生产。随着世界人口的不断增加以及越来越挑剔的消费者，我们在未来仍然能够生产足够的动物蛋白吗？我们需要很有紧迫感地去寻找替代蛋白质资源，而昆虫将有很大的潜力贡献于全球食品安全。
Legislation issues oninsects as feed
However, the production, tradeand use of edible insects as food and feed touch on a wide range of regulatoryareas, from product quality assurance to the environmental impact of insectfarming. Consequently, one of the largest barriers to increasing consumption ofedible insects, as well as their use as animal feed, islegislation. Regarding inclusion in animal diets, does insects fall in thesame category as blood meal and fishmeal for example and what are the rulesconcerning using animal products for growing the insects? Currently, insectscannot be grown on animal based media and manure. A lot of questions are stillunanswered regarding the use of insects in the feed of production animals.Insects can be used in food for pets. In addition, some EU legislation hindersthe use of insects in animal diets. Think of the TSE legislation and the rulesregarding the use of animal by-products.
昆虫作为食物的立法问题
然而，可食用昆虫作为食物和饲料的生产，贸易以及使用触及了一系列监管领域，从产品质量保证到昆虫养殖对环境的影响。因此，不断增长的可食用昆虫消费以及他们作为动物饲料的最大障碍之一就是立法。考关于纳入动物饲料，那么昆虫会落在像血粉和鱼粉这一类中以及与这些关于使用不断增长的动物产品的规则是什么？目前，昆虫还无法生长在动物基础媒介和粪便上。很多关于生产动物饲料中使用昆虫的问题仍然没有被回答。昆虫可以用在宠物食品中，另外，一些欧盟的立法阻碍了昆虫在动物食品中的使用。想一想TSE立法以及关于动物副产品使用的规则。
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