Easy Guide: Insect Protection in Standards of the Food Sector

Easy Guide: Insect Protection in Standards of the Food Sector

The integration of insect protection into sourcing strategies and guidelines is essential for companies of the food sector. Standards and labels in the food sector ensure clearly defined quality criteria for a product and its production. Furthermore, such criteria act as guidance for farming and can influence agricultural practices on a large scale. Given the dramatic decline of insects (including many pollinator species), standards and labels need to ensure that the criteria not only contribute to their protection but also to the recovery of insect diversity and population numbers.

This Easy Guide is particularly designed for quality, product and procurement managers, who are responsible for purchasing food products. The guide supports managers to understand and to assess fields of action that are relevant for protecting insects and which should be covered by a standard or label.

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 Easy Guide: Insect Protection in Standards of the Food Sector

 

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Tobias Ludes

Global Nature Fund
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