diff --git a/patches/server/General-ItemMeta-fixes.patch b/patches/server/General-ItemMeta-fixes.patch
index 3d7f19882..71b186033 100644
--- a/patches/server/General-ItemMeta-fixes.patch
+++ b/patches/server/General-ItemMeta-fixes.patch
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 +    }
 +    // Paper end - General ItemMeta Fixes
  }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/components/CraftFoodComponent.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/components/CraftFoodComponent.java
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/components/CraftFoodComponent.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/components/CraftFoodComponent.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@ public final class CraftFoodComponent implements FoodComponent {
+ 
+     @Override
+     public void setEatSeconds(float eatSeconds) {
++        Preconditions.checkArgument(eatSeconds > 0, "Eat seconds must be positive"); // Paper - validate eat_seconds
+         this.handle = new FoodProperties(this.handle.nutrition(), this.handle.saturation(), this.handle.canAlwaysEat(), eatSeconds, this.handle.effects());
+     }
+ 
 diff --git a/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/DeprecatedItemMetaCustomValueTest.java b/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/DeprecatedItemMetaCustomValueTest.java
 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 100644
 --- a/src/test/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/DeprecatedItemMetaCustomValueTest.java