The FDA in the US have approved certain bugs to be put in our food like Cockroaches (aka Cochineal) which is toxic to humans to be put in our Iconic Biscuit Tim Tams. There has never been any approval process done in Australia to allow bugs of this type to be put in our Australian food.

We do not want bugs in our food, especially toxic ones.  Also I call upon the regulators to stop allowing bugs to be put in our food.  There is no need for this as we have an abundance of food and food products. 

Stop putting bugs in our food. We make a stand against this practice and call upon the laws around this to be amended to not allow this to happen to our food.

What is cochineal? 
Cochineals are harvested mainly in Peru and the Canary Islands on plantations of prickly pear cacti, the bugs' preferred host. There, the insects are sun-dried, crushed, and dunked in an acidic alcohol solution to produce carminic acid, the pigment that eventually becomes carmine or cochineal extract, depending on processing. About 70,000 insects are needed to produce a pound of dye.

Until 2009, cochineal was one of many dyes that fell under the umbrella term 'natural color' on ingredients lists. 

But because cochineal provokes severe allergic reactions in some people, the Food and Drug Administration requires carmine and cochineal extract to be explicitly identified in ingredients lists.

Here is a News Paper story that was posted in the Daily Mail UK.

The disturbing ingredient found in Tim Tam biscuits that will make you think twice about eating the Aussie classic
Tim Tams contain cochineal - a type of food coloring that comes from insects
Cochineal used to fall under 'natural colors' on ingredients lists until 2009
It has been known to provoke severe allergic reactions in some people.