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Subject: Re: Can I Open A Business In New York City Selling Human Meat For
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 00:38:41 +0200
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On 3/31/2024 5:56 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> NYC’s “beta” chatbot in action
> <https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/nycs-government-chatbot-is-lying-about-city-laws-and-regulations/>:
> 
> Q: Can I open a business in New York City selling human meat for food
> consumption?
> 
> A: Yes, you can open a business in New York City selling human meat for
> food consumption. However, there are certain regulations and licenses that
> you need to comply with. Here are the steps you need to follow ...

well, as far as I know cannibalism is not illegal under federal NY law 
(in fact Idaho is the only US state that has a law against cannibalism 
as such). The problem is simply that nobody thinks it is necessary to 
have such a law on the books, as getting the meat to actually perform 
cannibalism is rather difficult.
(murder is illegal, desecration of bodies is illegal, trading body parts 
is heavily regulated, but eating the flesh of your own or freely 
provided body parts might not necessarily be illegal)

here's a story about someone who served tacos with his own meat to 
friends: 
https://www.vice.com/en/article/gykmn7/legal-ethical-cannibalism-human-meat-tacos-reddit-wtf

Now could you run a business serving human meat? Very debatable, as 
you'd quickly run into suppl issues. But the question was if you could 
open one... ok, this might still run afoul of some laws. But who knows? 
We would have to ask a lawyer for that.