Ethical aspects of insect production for food and feed
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Ethical aspects of insect production for food and feed. / Gjerris, Mickey; Gamborg, Christian; Röcklinsberg, Helena.
In: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2016, p. 101 - 110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Ethical aspects of insect production for food and feed
AU - Gjerris, Mickey
AU - Gamborg, Christian
AU - Röcklinsberg, Helena
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Given a growing global human population and high pressures on resources, interest in insects as a source of protein for human food (entomophagy) and for animal feed is growing. So far, the main issues discussed have been the embedded technical challenges of scaling up the production. The use of insects as a major human food and feed source is thought to present two major challenges: (1) how to turn insects into safe, tasty socially acceptable feed and food; and (2) how to cheaply yet sustainably produce enough insects? Entomophagy, however, as any utilisation of animals and the rest of nature also entails ethical issues – both regarding the impact on human health, the environment and climate change and regarding production methods such as intensification and biotechnology. The aim of the paper is to give a systematic overview of ethical aspects embedded in the notion of utilising insects as protein providers in the Western food and feed production chains. We identify five areas where ethical questions are especially pertinent: environmental impact, human and animal health, human preferences and social acceptability, animal welfare and finally broader animal ethics issues. Especially the latter two are more scantly dealt with in the literature. This part of the review will therefore contain suggestions for ethical issues that should be examined closer.
AB - Given a growing global human population and high pressures on resources, interest in insects as a source of protein for human food (entomophagy) and for animal feed is growing. So far, the main issues discussed have been the embedded technical challenges of scaling up the production. The use of insects as a major human food and feed source is thought to present two major challenges: (1) how to turn insects into safe, tasty socially acceptable feed and food; and (2) how to cheaply yet sustainably produce enough insects? Entomophagy, however, as any utilisation of animals and the rest of nature also entails ethical issues – both regarding the impact on human health, the environment and climate change and regarding production methods such as intensification and biotechnology. The aim of the paper is to give a systematic overview of ethical aspects embedded in the notion of utilising insects as protein providers in the Western food and feed production chains. We identify five areas where ethical questions are especially pertinent: environmental impact, human and animal health, human preferences and social acceptability, animal welfare and finally broader animal ethics issues. Especially the latter two are more scantly dealt with in the literature. This part of the review will therefore contain suggestions for ethical issues that should be examined closer.
U2 - 10.3920/JIFF2015.0097
DO - 10.3920/JIFF2015.0097
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 101
EP - 110
JO - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
JF - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
SN - 2352-4588
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 156965905