Is it permissible to eat chocolate and products containing cocoa, given rumors that they contain a percentage of insects, such as cockroaches, and that the World Health Organization has set an allowable limit for this?

Impurities are not exclusive to cocoa; there are many foods that contain insect remnants or their eggs. Specialized organizations determine a certain permissible percentage that is not harmful to health. Their presence does not prohibit the consumption of these foods due to their small proportion, and because they are not intended for consumption, and they are a subordinate matter difficult to guard against. "A subordinate is not singled out with a ruling," and "What is tolerated in subordinates is not tolerated in others," in addition to the principle of "Hardship brings ease." Furthermore, intentionally eating insects themselves is not forbidden by some scholars, and such occurrences may happen at the individual level in ordinary life. Eating them is not forbidden unless their harm is proven.