Many vegetarians who reject meat feel disgust which closely matches the aversion others feel to the idea of eating human flesh, faeces or dog meat, new research has found. A study led by the University of Exeter set out to investigate whether there is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Cultures vary in the extent to which they consume animal products. Some lean vegetarian. Some lean carnivore.

An October 2023 press release announcing a partnership between meat processing company Tyson Foods and insect ingredients supplier Protix has been misrepresented online to falsely claim that it is evidence of insects being added to food for people.

A Jan. 3 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a person holding a pound of meat with a circle around a quote on the label. “Quality meats made from people like you,” reads the quote. The package does not contain human meat. The label shown ...

The work starts when I put my whites on. The long coat and apron are required by the federal health inspector, who shows up daily. I’m surrounded by the rasp of knives being sharpened and slid into hip holsters that hang around waists with chains.

On Nov. 30, 2023, the "Moused Trusted Name in Disney News," Mouse Trap News, published an article claiming that one Disney World restaurant, Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, would begin serving two new menu items containing "human meat." Snopes recieved emails ...

An image showing supermarket shelves stocked with packaged meat in the shape of human hands is AI-generated and was intended to demonstrate the capability of AI, the creator of the image told Reuters. The synthetic image was widely shared on Facebook with ...