Police close Paris diner selling caterpillar stew

Authorities in France have closed down a restaurant after inspectors on a routine visit found a pot full of boiling caterpillars, ready to be served up.

Inspectors visited the restaurant in Aubervilliers just outside Paris earlier this week as part of their routine checks to examine hygiene, accounts and the origin of the food items.



“A big pot full of caterpillars was being boiled up when we arrived,” a source said. The restaurant described as being of 'African origin' only had a licence to sell drinks and takeaway meals.

As well as having his business closed down, on the grounds of hygiene, the owner of the diner was placed in custody on suspicion of employing a foreigner without a work permit.