Govt passes decrees regulating insect products in food

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 23 - The Italian government said Thursday that is has approved four decrees regulating the use of four different flours derived from insects after the European Union recently approved their sale for human consumption.
    The decrees regard powders made from crickets, migratory locusts, mealworms and larva.
    The decrees ban insect flours being used in some foods and oblige producers to make it very clear on labels when an item contains them.
    "We will watch over the full respect of the measures announced today with the NAS health police, both regarding the ban on using insect flours in foods that are typical of the Mediterranean diet, such as pizza and pasta, and on the labelling of the products that contain them, which will have to be visible and clear," said Health Minister Orazio Schillaci during a news conference. (ANSA).