EATING INSECTS IN SINGAPORE

DID YOU KNOW THAT SINGAPORE IS LEGALLY ALLOWING INSECTS TO BE CONSUMED? THE SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY (SFA) HAS JUST COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR INSECTS AND INSECT PRODUCTS TO BE IMPORTED AND SOLD AS FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

HOWEVER, NOW, SFA IS ANTICIPATING PERMITTING THE SALE OF INSECT AND INSECT PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION. THIS APPLIES TO BOTH IMPORTED, AS WELL AS LOCALLY FARMED AND PROCESSED INSECTS THIS MAY SOUND DISTASTEFUL TO SOME OF US, BUT EXPECT TO SEE A LIST OF 16 INSECT SPECIES APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION BY SFA SHOW UP ON MENUS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THESE SPECIES CAN BE STIR FRIED OR EVEN MADE INTO PROTEIN BARS FOR HUMANS TO CONSUME. SFA HAS TAKEN REFERENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION AND COUNTRIES SUCH AS AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH KOREA AND THAILAND, WHICH ALLOWED THE CONSUMPTION OF CERTAIN INSECT SPECIES AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO WERE IN THE INDUSTRY.