आगमे ब्राह्मे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

And this is said in Smr̥ti also.

That in cases of need both he who knows and he who does not know may eat any food Smr̥ti also states; compare e.g. ‘He who being in danger of his life eats food from anywhere is stained by sin no more than the lotus leaf by water.’

On the other hand, many passages teach that unlawful food is to be avoided. ‘Intoxicating liquor the Brāhmaṇa must permanently forego;’ ‘Let them pour boiling spirits down the throat of the Brāhmaṇa who drinks spirits;’ ‘Spirit-drinking worms grow in the

mouth of the spirit-drinking man, because he enjoys what is unlawful.’