Is it permissible to eat insects?

According to the majority of fiqh scholars, it is haram to eat insects. Some scholars have said that it is permissible to eat. Accordingly, it is possible to determine the verdict of insects used as colorants in some foods or products made of insects that can be put in front of us as food with a new technology: The general rule is that it is not permissible. In obligatory cases, one can act on the permissible ijtihad.