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6. Outlook and developments
Insects have been used in the human diet since ancient times, and are regularly consumed by hundreds of millions of people around the world, particularly in South-East Asia and certain African countries. In the West, on the other hand, they pose problems of social acceptance, which hinders the development of their market: the very idea of eating insects or larvae seems to repel Western consumers . However, the use of insect meal in poultry feed is more acceptable to consumers
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Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the field of animal health.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/404 of March 24, 2021 establishing the lists of third countries, territories and areas of third countries and territories from which the entry into the European Union...
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