Legislative and judicial challenges on insects for human consumption: From member states to the EU, passing through the court of justice of the EU

Abstract

The chapter presents an overview of the legislative regime regulating insects for human consumption in the EU territory. The analysis aims at underlining both the legal issues deriving from the previous EU Novel Foods Regulation 258/97 and the difficulties and concerns characterising the legislative evolutive path and the current Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. An examination of the recent CJEU interven¬tion in the so-called Entoma case will lead to some conclusive remarks, intended to highlight open issues and possible future developments.