GQT panelist feeds scraps

We are sometimes guilty of taking EU law and making it worse  as if it isn't bad enough 

Didn't know that, hen addict, thank you.

Yes useful. I'll stop giving the raw peelings to the hens next door in France. I did check withe the neighbour that I could feed them scraps and she just shrugged (very French!),and said ' elles mange tout' and I don't think she meant that they only eat peas so I guess she doesn't know that the raw oeelings are a bad idea either!

Sorry Casey but the law applies to all of the EU - please read my post which shows the email I got from DEFRA which clears up any questions regarding this subject. It can be found here

Whoops, sorry Joyful!

In that case, maybe the (my) local government need to read the national/international government rules and regs before sending leaflets to all and sundry 

the reason for the meal worm ban is because most come from third world countries and the larvae could have been raise on infected carcasses which then would infect the meal worms and in turn infect us. As I am aware this ban is already in place.

yes that's what I heard as well buttttt it is still ok to feed them to wild birds? Any infection is then passed in the birds dropping on to the ground infecting the bugs, earth worms etc and won't the flies transmit any disease? Do we stop free ranging our hen? DEFFRA IS RIGHT to ban and stop potential disease outbreaks but as a total ban, not a half concocted measure. Will the day come when poultry are kept in clinical sterile conditions? Not while the battery farms are allowed to operate. These are the people to blame it's got to be 1 rule for all to stop the loop holes and the battery farms jumping in them for a cheep feed option. It's still pretty stupid for the rest of us to follow. What goes on in my kitchen is private

the interesting thing about mealworms is that they feed on vegetable matter and not on meat

maggots on the other hand are something entirely different