In 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation a project called “All Things Bugs.” According to Gates, the project sought to “develop a novel food product made from insects to treat malnutrition in children from famine-stricken areas of the world.” Since then, the company has expanded into developing genetically modified insects. The development of these products has been advanced with help from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Regulators in non-U.S. countries, including Singapore, have recently issued approvals for specific insect-based foods. However, the regulatory landscape is more of a gray area in the U.S. There is no legal approval process or clear-cut prohibition of insects for human consumption. As a result, insect-containing foods have already infiltrated the American food supply. Bugs have reached U.S. consumers, despite one of the few existing U.S. laws that address insects in the food supply referring to them as “filth” and a form of “adulteration.”They're becoming what's for dinneer...
Monday, August 5, 2024
Bugged Again
Bill Gates wants people to eat as he says, not as he does:
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