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Fish meal made from insect larvae. (Photo: Enterra)
Enterra receives more authorizations to sell insect ingredients for aquaculture feed
CANADA
Friday, February 23, 2018, 03:00 (GMT + 9)
Enterra Feed Corporation has received new approvals to sell its insect-based feed ingredients in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) in the United States accepted Enterra’s request to include Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal in feed for salmonids in their list of authorized feed ingredients. The supporting material and the change in the definition was reviewed and supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“This is the first time an insect meal product has been approved in North America for the aquaculture industry and we’re excited to be the first to market,” said Andrew Vickerson, Chief Technology Officer at Enterra.
The company’s first product, Enterra Whole Dried Larvae, was approved by AAFCO in 2016.
Enterra manufactures and markets feed ingredients derived from the larvae of the black soldier fly, a beneficial insect species that can be found naturally in tropical and temperate regions around the world. The larvae are reared under controlled conditions on locally sourced, pre-consumer food waste containing valuable nutrients that would otherwise be lost in landfill, compost or waste-to-energy facilities.
The insect larvae consume and convert the waste nutrients into usable protein, fat and energy. The larvae are then dried to produce Enterra Whole Dried Larvae, or defatted to produce Enterra Meal, a powdered protein ingredient similar in profile to fishmeal but with much less impact on the environment.
Enterra also received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to sell Enterra Whole Dried Larvae in Canada as a feed ingredient for tilapia and poultry.
This decision is based on previous approvals for the same product in salmonid feed in 2017 and broiler chicken feed in 2016.
The company highlights that Enterra Whole Dried Larvae are sustainably produced at the company’s unique farm facility in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. They are a wholesome, nutritious supplement for poultry, birds and other insectivorous pets.
Enterra is now registered in the EU Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES), which allows the company to export its insect feed ingredients to all member countries of the European Union. New EU regulations came into effect on July 1, 2017 to permit the use of insect ingredients in aquaculture feed, and approvals for poultry and pig feed are expected to follow.
Related article:
- CFIA approves the use of fly larvae for aquaculture feed
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