Switzerland OKs strange burger
(WorldNews Switzerland)

Creepy, crawly and just in time for dinner, insect-based food products are set to hit the shelves of Coop - Switzerland`s second-largest supermarket chain - on August 21. Thanks to a recent revision of Swiss food safety laws, the nation is the first in Europe to authorize the sale of insect-based foods for human consumption, a spokeswoman for the country`s food safety authority told Agence France-Presse. As the revised law allows for the sale of food items containing crickets, grasshoppers and mealworms , a Swiss startup called Essento wasted no time capitalizing on the opportunity. ......