The European Commission which provides the approval had stated then that these insects can be sold, and marketed as snacks or food ingredients either in dried or frozen form with legs removed or in a powder form.
The independent research organisation has found that LNG and gas purchases (through pipelines) to the European Union also increased by 20% and 10% respectively.
Russian media has reported that the European Union would be temporarily increasing its gas purchases from Russia through countries which are ready to do their payments in Russian Roubles to compensate for the demand of Poland and Bulgaria.
European Union has decided to impose economic sanctions on its two member states, Poland and Hungary, even as the two countries deal with influx of over 1.5 Million Ukrainian refugees.
In a major setback to the aim of Ukraine to join the European Union, the 27-member EU has rejected the country's President's request for quick membership. This follows after the president formally requested that Ukraine join the EU by signing a membership application on Monday.