Included in Bill C-293 are provisions to 'regulate commercial activities that can contribute to pandemic risk, including industrial animal agriculture,' produce 'alternative proteins,' and 'enable contact tracing of persons.'
On July 18, NRGene Canada, an agricultural technology firm, announced the June 30 opening of its North American Insect Centre in Saskatoon which will focus on using insect protein to create livestock feed out of black soldier flies.
The Japanese government and several private entities are still pushing citizens to consume insects despite the nation's impeding population collapse due to its ever-plummeting fertility rate.
The World Economic Forum has urged governments to join in a coordinated effort with corporations to drive consumer behavior change toward lab-grown meats and ‘alternative protein’ sources to ‘decarbonize the global economy.’
The U.S. food producer will build in America 'the first at-scale facility of its kind to upcycle food manufacturing byproducts into high-quality insect proteins and lipids which will primarily be used in the pet food, aquaculture, and livestock industries.'