Thailand (ACFS/DLD) promotes black soldier fly larvae for pet & animal feed (2023 policy push; binding standard pending)

Thailand (ACFS/DLD) promotes black soldier fly larvae for pet & animal feed

Source: Nation Thailand report (9 Mar 2023) of a seminar by Thailand's National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) and the Livestock Development Department (DLD), retrieved 2026-08-05 via direct download + pdftotext. Claims below are verbatim substrings of source_file (C1) — but note this is a press report of a policy push, not the finalized Thai feed standard; the binding legal instrument (ACFS standard / DLD notification) is honest-pending and should be confirmed against the primary Thai text.

Editorial context (read this before using the data point)

This topic is the Thailand jurisdiction in the insect/novel-protein cross-walk (with EU Reg 2017/893, AAFCO BSFL, and Singapore SFA). It records a 2023 Thai government push to use black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) as a main ingredient in farm-animal feeds and pet foods (local + export) and to position Thailand as an "insect hub". Read it with sg_sfa_insect_food_feed_framework and the EU/AAFCO insect topics.

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

1. The National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards will promote the use of larvae of black soldier flies as main ingredients for making farm animal feeds and pet foods for both local consumption and export.
2. black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in making the feeds and for exporting BSFL and feeds and pet foods that are made of BSFL
3. the high potential of BSFL as an alternative protein source for making pet foods and animal feeds
4. turn Thailand into an insect hub of the world

What Thailand announced (2023)

• The ACFS (National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards) stated it will promote BSFL larvae as main ingredients for farm-animal feeds and pet foods, for both local consumption and export.
• A joint seminar with the Livestock Development Department (DLD) and the Thai Feed Mill Association educated feed makers and BSFL farmers on the regulations for using BSFL in feeds and for exporting BSFL / BSFL-made feeds and pet foods.
• BSFL was framed as a high-potential alternative protein source for pet foods and animal feeds, able to digest agricultural by-products and reduce feed cost; aligned with Thailand's Bio-Circular-Green policy and the goal to make Thailand an "insect hub of the world".

Scope note / honest gap

This is a policy announcement reported by Nation Thailand, quoting ACFS/DLD officials — it is not the consolidated Thai feed standard or a DLD notification. The precise binding instrument (species scope, any maxima, labelling, import/export conditions) is not in this source and should be verified against the primary ACFS/DLD text before being cited as regulation.