Question follow-through · 24801
Food: Insects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received representations on the potential merits of introducing insects into the human diet.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received representations on the potential merits of introducing insects into the human diet.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
In 2021, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) commissioned an online survey to understand consumer awareness and perceptions of alternative sources of protein, including edible insects. 50% of respondents perceived edible insects as safe to eat, 26% were willi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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