Q. See question above. Does the fact that the corn on the cub was very well cooked at least remove the Biblical prohibition of eating a worm, since it probably got decomposed, mushed or shrunk? If that is correct, then the Safek or doubt if there are any bugs should be permitted, since it is now only a Rabbinic prohibition.
A. Horav Yaakov Hirschman Shlit’a and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a maintain that the fact that there were basic physical changes done to the insect’s body by cooking it, does not alter the fact that is still is a prohibited item. This is similar to cooked non kosher meat etc.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a.