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Podcast: The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
Episode: Industry Insight: Can silkworms weave the future of food and medicine?
Description: Singapore recently approved 16 species of insects such as crickets, grasshoppers and silkworms as safe for human consumption. The move is attracting businesses from Asia including Tokyo-based bioengineering company, Morus, which produces food from silkworms. It recently set up a subsidiary in Singapore. Morus' CEO, Ryo Sato, unravels the wonders of silkworms and why such edible insects could be a sign of things to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.