{"topic_id":"aafco_2024_t60_117a_bsfl_official_finfish","category":"insect-protein-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: aafco_2024_t60_117a_bsfl_official_finfish\ncategory: insect-protein-2026\ntitle: \"AAFCO 2024 Annual — T60.117(A) Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae Moved to OFFICIAL (Finfish) + T33.29(B) BSFL Oil OFFICIAL (Adult Cat Food) + New T33.29(C) Tentative (Poultry)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"aafco-idc-annual-2024.pdf (AAFCO wp-content, downloaded 2026-07-21, 1.3 MB)\"\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-21\ntokens_estimated: 1150\nverification:\n  method: substring_match\n  claims: 11\n  passed: 11\n  date: 2026-07-21\n---\n\n# AAFCO 2024 Annual — T60.117(A) Dried BSFL OFFICIAL (Finfish) + T33.29(B) BSFL Oil OFFICIAL (Adult Cat Food) + New T33.29(C) Tentative (Poultry)\n\nThe **AAFCO Ingredient Definitions Committee (IDC) Annual Meeting** was held at the **Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, on August 7, 2024, 1:15 p.m. CT**. The official IDC annual minutes document several BSFL-related motions to official status and a new tentative.\n\n## Five Key BSFL-Related Motions (2024 Annual)\n\n### 1. Move to OFFICIAL — T60.117(A) Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Finfish)\n\n> **T60.117 Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae** is the dried larvae of the Black Soldier Fly, **Hermetia illucens**, with or without mechanical extraction of part of the oil, that has been raised on a feedstock composed exclusively of feed grade materials. The ingredient must be labeled for guarantees for **minimum crude protein and minimum crude fat** on an as-fed basis. If oil is mechanically extracted, **maximum crude fat** must also be guaranteed on the ingredient label. The ingredient is dried by artificial means to **no more than 10% moisture**. It is for use in **finfish, poultry, and swine feed and in adult dog food** as a source of protein and fat consistent with good feeding practices.\n\nMotion carried.\n\n### 5. Move to OFFICIAL — T33.29(B) Black Soldier Fly Larvae Oil (and Adult Cat Food)\n\n> **T33.29 Black Soldier Fly Larvae Oil** is the product obtained by mechanically extracting the oil from dried larvae of Black Soldier Fly, **Hermetia illucens**, that have been raised on a feedstock composed exclusively of feed grade materials. It is intended for use in **swine and finfish feed and adult dog and adult cat food** as a source of energy consistent with good feeding practices.\n\nMotion carried (motioned by David Snell, seconded by Mark LeBlanc).\n\n### 9. New TENTATIVE — T33.29(C) Black Soldier Fly Larvae Oil (Poultry)\n\n> **T33.29(C) Black Soldier Fly Larvae Oil** is the product obtained by mechanically extracting the oil from dried larvae of Black Soldier Fly, **Hermetia illucens**, that have been raised on a feedstock composed exclusively of feed grade materials. It is intended for use in **poultry, swine and finfish feed and adult dog and adult cat food** as a source of energy consistent with good feeding practices.\n\n## Significance\n\n- **T60.117(A)** moved from **tentative to official** for the **finfish** species, joining the earlier tentative use for poultry, swine, and adult dog food.\n- **T33.29(B) BSFL Oil** moved from tentative to official — extending the previously tentative BSFL Oil use to **adult cat food** for the first time (previously only swine/finfish + adult dog).\n- **T33.29(C) BSFL Oil (Poultry)** — new tentative definition extending BSFL Oil use to **poultry** feed, completing the cross-species matrix for BSFL Oil (poultry + swine + finfish + adult dog + adult cat).\n\n## Pet Food Impact\n\nThe **T33.29(B) addition of adult cat food** is the most relevant to pet food — it formalised BSFL Oil as a permitted energy source in **adult cat food** at the US federal-state level (AAFCO definitions adopted by reference in many US state feed laws). Previously, BSFL Oil was only tentative for adult cat food use.\n\n## Source\n\n`pdf-raw/insect-protein-2026/aafco-idc-annual-2024.pdf` (AAFCO wp-content `aafco.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/5.-IDC-Annual.pdf`, 1.3 MB, downloaded 2026-07-21).\n\nFor the predecessor 2021 T60.117(C) tentative approval and the 2025 T60.117 follow-up, see companion topics `aafco_2021_t60_117_bsfl_adult_dog_tentative` and `aafco_2025_t60_117_bsfl_official_adult_dog_cat`.","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":1150,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}