Overview
This EU-FORA fellowship report, published in the EFSA Journal, profiles hazards for house crickets reared in closed systems. It ranks bioaccumulation of heavy metals, especially cadmium, among four considerable concerns, alongside bacterial load, spore survival and allergenicity. The heavy-metal section summarizes earlier studies and reports no new measurements.
Key numbers
- Cadmium bioaccumulation is identified as a major chemical concern; data on aluminium, chromium and arsenic are described as scarce (Section 4.1, p. 8; conclusions).
- Cites Poma et al. (2017) for cricket products within acceptable metal levels (Section 4.1, p. 8).
Methods (brief)
Literature screening with inclusion criteria; data from related Orthoptera used where cricket data were missing.
Evidence Fitness
Context only (tier C), a report rather than a primary study. Corporate first author (SLU) as printed.
Related evidence
- Cadmium
- Safety of frozen, dried and powder forms of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) as a novel food pursuant
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