Meat Morning Briefing
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Edition 062 · 26 October 2026 · ≈ 60 sec.

Circular feed needs pathway-specific BSE risk control

Circular protein systems need risk assessments that distinguish individual exposure pathways. A new Wageningen University & Research study examines whether insects reared on residual streams containing animal proteins could reintroduce a BSE risk into livestock production. Such substrates are currently not permitted for insect rearing in the EU precisely because of that concern.