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A teacher from one of the 1,000 Australian schools feeding kids chips made out of powdered crickets asks, ‘Do crickets taste good?’ The student nods and the teacher adds, ‘Yeah. Let’s eat some more crickets…!’
Bugs are on the menu again… Why does the World Economic Forum have such a weird obsession with making our kids eat them?
First, let me make something very clear: Bugs are not food. You should not eat bugs. They are insects. They belong on the ground, or in the air, or wherever the heck they live. They do not belong on your dinner plate.
With that out of the way, we can move on with the insanity being encouraged by unhinged scientists and allies of the World Economic Forum.
According to the European Food Safety Authority, the health risks associated with using insects as food for humans and as animal feed depend on the insect species and their substrate, as well as on how the insects are reared, harvested and processed. It should be pointed out, however, that the food safety hazards described below apply to numerous foods and not only to insects.
Due to their small size, it can be difficult to decontaminate harvested insects, and any eventual contamination may be carried along the production and processing chain.
The source of edible insects is also an important consideration, as consuming insects reared under controlled and hygienic conditions may pose different food safety concerns to those harvested in the wild. While there are food safety hazards associated with raw or unprocessed insects, it is less likely that humans will eat insects in this state.
Biological hazards
While pathogenic microbes of insects (entomopathogenic) are considered harmless to humans and animals due to phylogenetic differences, insects can be vectors for various micro-organisms that are detrimental to human and animal health, especially under poorly controlled hygienic conditions.
The risk of transmitting zoonotic infections to humans through edible insects seems low, but this topic requires greater research to clarify the potential risks for food and feed.
originally posted by: Notabot12345666
a reply to: baddmove
I already made up my mind. First I’m eating leaves, then I’ll eat my neighbors pets, then I’ll eat my neighbors. The ones to my left are a young progressive couple. I’m sure the wife hates guns. I ain’t eating no damn bugs.
originally posted by: baddmove
In the end, I willNOT be eating any bugs/insects that I will be aware of.
If you GOOGLE "should people eat bugs" you will get 1000's of websites saying "YES!"
www.google.com...
originally posted by: midicon
I'd never knowingly eat bugs. I have an unfortunate habit of investigating everything I eat. Not in a research sense but on my plate and that's just for basic fare. I've never eaten prawns or crabs, eels or squid or anything like that. I don't eat cereal as there is a certain percentage of insect stuff in the mix. If insects became the meat substitute I'd go vegetarian.
originally posted by: Notabot12345666
a reply to: baddmove
I already made up my mind. First I’m eating leaves, then I’ll eat my neighbors pets, then I’ll eat my neighbors. The ones to my left are a young progressive couple. I’m sure the wife hates guns. I ain’t eating no damn bugs.