I don't know if this is an isolated incident or not, but I am now going to avoid force feeding anyone until I get some sort of response. The game is hard enough without valuable items disappearing.
This comes hot on the heels of a full ammo case disappearing from my inventory, dropping my ammo count from 175 to 30. I know the game is in alpha but this kind of bug is incredibly frustrating. I hope my feedback can be of assistance to you.