RETRACTED: In-Situ Yeast Fermentation Medium in Fortifying Protein and Lipid Accumulations in the Harvested Larval Biomass of Black Soldier Fly (Processes, (2020), 8, 3, (337), 10.3390/pr8030337)

Abstract

The Processes Editorial Office retracts the article titled “RETRACTED: In-Situ Yeast Fermentation Medium in Fortifying Protein and Lipid Accumulations in the Harvested Larval Biomass of Black Soldier Fly” [1], cited above. Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office regarding concerns relating to the major scientific errors and the overall validity of the findings [1]. Adhering to our complaints procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board, which included an evaluation of the scientific content and findings of the paper. While the authors fully cooperated with the investigation through the clarification of the complaint, the Editorial Board was unable to satisfactorily verify the integrity of the central findings of this study based on the presented material. As a result, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board decided to retract this article as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30) and in line with the Committee on Publication Ethics’ retraction guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines). This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Processes. The authors did not agree to this retraction.