Dare To Dine: The Surprising Safety Of Insects As A Sustainable Food Source
You can safely eat edible insects, like crickets and mealworms, as long as they are bred for food in the eu, and you follow the same care in cooking them as you do when cooking chicken, pork, fish, or shellfish.
National food safety authorities control the breeding of edible insects in the EU following the EU regulations. So, eating insects bred in the EU is as safe as consuming any other food produced in the EU.