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		</div><p>Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe.</p>
<p>The European Union’s 27 nations gave the green light on Tuesday to a proposal to put the Tenebrio molitor beetle’s larvae on the market as a “novel food”.</p>
<p>The move came after the EU’s food safety agency published a scientific opinion this year that concluded worms were safe to eat.</p>
<p>Researchers said the worms, eaten whole or in powdered form, are a protein-rich snack or an ingredient for other foods.</p>
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<p>Allergic reactions may occur for people with pre-existing allergies to crustaceans and dust mites, the European Commission said.</p>
<p>Insects as food represent a very small market but EU officials said breeding them for food could have environmental benefits.</p>
<p>The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation calls insects “a healthy and highly nutritious food source with a high content of fat, protein, vitamins, fibres and minerals”.</p>
<p>Following Tuesday’s approval by EU states, a regulation authorising dried yellow mealworms as a food will be adopted in the coming weeks.</p>
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