Singapore (SFA) insect-as-food-and-feed framework — BSFL/silkworm, controlled-environment rule, NParks regulates insect pet food

Singapore (SFA) insect-as-food-and-feed framework

Source: SFA public-consultation summary response on regulating insects as food and livestock feed, retrieved 2026-08-05 via direct download + pdftotext. First-hand SFA text; claims below are verbatim substrings of source_file (C1). Note: this is the 2021 public-consultation response describing SFA's proposed amendments — read it as the framework SFA signalled it would put in place, not a later consolidated regulation.

Editorial context (read this before using the data point)

This topic is the Singapore jurisdiction in the insect/novel-protein cross-walk (with EU Reg 2017/893 and AAFCO BSFL definitions). Key points for pet-food relevance: SFA proposed to let insect species with a known history of human consumption be used as food or livestock feed; insects must be farm-raised in a controlled environment; and — importantly for pet food — NParks (not SFA) is the regulatory authority for pet food, including pet food containing insects. Read with eu_2017_893_aquaculture_first_authorization, eu_2021_1372_poultry_pig_insect_pap, eu_2021_1925_silkworm_added_to_authorised_species, and the AAFCO BSFL topics.

Verbatim C1 claims (each a byte-substring of the source file)

1. the commercial farming of insects for human consumption and livestock feed
2. For black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) and silkworm cocoons to be added to the list of approved insects for human consumption.
3. We will permit silkworm (Bombyx mori) cocoons for human consumption
4. SFA will only allow insect species that have a known history of human consumption to be permitted as food.
5. SFA will only consider insects farmed in a controlled environment for human consumption and animal feed.
6. The National Parks Board (NParks) is the regulatory authority for pet food, including pet food containing insects.

What SFA proposed

• Scope. SFA consulted on regulating insects for both human consumption and livestock feed, including feeding-substrate controls (e.g., prohibiting materials from diseased animals as insect substrate to avoid disease spread).
• Approved species. SFA proposed adding black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) and silkworm cocoons to the list of approved insects. It stated it will permit silkworm (Bombyx mori) cocoons for human consumption (based on their history of human consumption in East Asia, China and Malaysia, and recognition abroad), while BSFL — lacking a known history of safe human consumption — would be evaluated under SFA's novel-food framework for human use.
• History-of-human-consumption rule. SFA will only allow insect species with a known history of human consumption to be permitted as food; such species may also be used as food or livestock feed.
• Farming condition. Insects must be farm-raised in a controlled environment for human consumption and animal feed; wild-harvested insects are only acceptable as supplemental breeding stock, not for production as food or feed.
• Pet-food authority. SFA is the food-safety competent authority but does not regulate pet food — NParks is the regulatory authority for pet food, including pet food containing insects.

Scope note

This records SFA's 2021 proposed framework. The later consolidated insect regulatory instrument (and any NParks pet-food specifics for insect ingredients) should be confirmed against the current SFA/NParks pages; this topic is the first-hand consultation baseline, not the final statutory text.