Microbial quality and storage of edible insects. KU Leuven
Since the introduction of edible insects and insect-based products on the Belgian and European markets, specific questions regarding legislation, food safety, processing and preservation, etc. arose. This PhD project aimed to support the edible insect sector on filling these lacunas in a microbiological perspective. Hence, the goal of this dissertation was to obtain insight in the microbiota of freshly reared, raw insects for food with ...