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International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF)

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 29 October 2026, International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) appears in 8 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

8
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€300k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“IPIFF is an EU non-profit organisation which represents the interests of the insect production sector towards EU policy makers, European stakeholders and citizens. Composed of 75 members, most of which are European insect producing companies, IPIFF promotes the use of insect-derived products as top tier source of nutrients for human consumption, animal feed and plants (e.g.”

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“use for insect frass as fertiliser) through continuous dialogue with EU decision makers (i.e. European Commission, EU Member States authorities, European Parliament and the European Food Safety Authority). Notably, IPIFF centres its activities around advocating for appropriate EU legislative frameworks to apply to insect production. The association also supports its members in the effective implementation of EU food and feed safety and labelling legislations as well as EU rules applicable to the marketing of fertilising products, such as through the promotion and/or development of shared standards.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 8 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe338%
Socialists & Democrats338%
European Conservatives & Reformists112%
Greens/EFA112%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2023).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
4
2024
2
2025
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Emma Ytterell
3 meetings · Renew
Jutta Paulus
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Pietro Fiocchi
1 meeting · ECR
César Luena
1 meeting · S&D

The 8 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Feb 2025Vytenis Povilas AndriukaitisEU protein strategy
2 Oct 2024André Franqueira RodriguesApresentação do sector Europeu dos insectos
10 Sep 2024Pietro FiocchiEU Insecting Producing Sector
26 Sep 2023Emma YtterellFrukostevent - Om EU protein strategi
7 Jun 2023Emma YtterellPanel: Alternativa protein
11 Apr 2023Emma YtterellAlternativa protein
9 Mar 2023César LuenaInsect sector in the EU - MEP Luena's team
29 Oct 2020Jutta Paulusexchange of views

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