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Insects on the menu as EU approves two for human consumption

Article Date - 01/24/2023

"The maggot-like larvae of lesser mealworms — a type of shiny black beetle — and house crickets will become the third and fourth insects that can be sold as food for people in the European Union. Eight more applications await approval." Yuk is the initial reaction. But what does God say? "Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth" (Leviticus 11:21). So, crickets are alright but maggots are not.