Fancy a bug burger? A Swiss supermarket is selling food made from insects

Aug 22, 2017

Wander Alblas, 18, student cook at the Rijn IJssel Vakschool prepares a Tjap Choi dish made of mealworms and locusts at the Cooking school at the University of Wageningen April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SOCIETY FOOD) - RTR3PFZW

Switzerland has become the first European country to allow the sale of insect-based food for humans. Image: REUTERS/Michael Kooren

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