IPIFF's Highlight 

IPIFF delegation meets the EU Commissioner for Health & Food Safety.

On Tuesday 25 April, a delegation composed by Members of the IPIFF Executive Committee & the Secretariat had a bilateral meeting with the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis. The main objective of the meeting was to present the IPIFF association and to give him an insight into the insect production sector. This meeting also offered the opportunity to discuss main EU legislative developments impacting the sector.

From left to right - Mr. Derrien (IPIFF Secretary General), Ms. De Bruin (CEO of Proti-Farm & IPIFF 2nd Vice-President), Mr. Andriukaitis (European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety); Mr. Hubert (CEO of Ynsect & IPIFF President), Mr. Arsiwalla, (Founder of Protix & IPIFF Vice-President).

The European Commission welcomed the steady development of the insects sector and believed that insects offer solutions to the challenges presented by global population growth and increase in protein demand.

The EU Commissioner and the attending officials also offered their assistance to help producers make full use of the business opportunities emerging from the EU regulatory framework for food & feed. 

---

European Commission delegation visits one IPIFF member production facilities: Micronutris 

On Thursday 9 February, two officials from the DG SANTE’s services (European Commission) visited Micronutris’ production facilities. Micronutris is an IPIFF company member located in South West France, active in the breeding and processing of insects for food consumption. This visit - organized under the auspices of the IPIFF association - offered Micronutris the opportunity to showcase innovative production techniques in the area of insects’ rearing and to demonstrate full compliance to quality and safety standards whilst outlining the commercial opportunities for this sector. For more information, read our February Newsletter.

---

European insect producers highlights a major decision allowing wider use of insect proteins for animal feed.

On Tuesday 13 December 2016, the EU Member States representatives endorsed a European Commission proposal which was discussed today in a meeting of the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF). The text is expected to be formally adopted during the spring 2017, which means that insect proteins should be effectively authorized for use in fish feed as from 1st July 2017.

---

High-level meeting between the EU Commission Director General & IPIFF delegation:  Visit to Protix 

On Friday 30 September, the Director General for Health & Food Safety (European Commission) Mr X. Prats Monné visited Protix Biosystems' production facilities – i.e. an IPIFF's member. In the margins of the visit, a high-level meeting was also organized with an IPIFF delegation (i.e. the IPIFF Vice President & Secretariat were present).

From left to right - Mr. Trunk & Ms. Carouée (European Commission), Mr. Prats Monné (European Commission Director General for Health & Food Safety); Mr. Arsiwalla, (Founder of Protix & IPIFF Vice-President); Mr. Derrien (IPIFF Secretary General).