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There are a wide range of diseases which can spread between humans but not between animals and humans. If you eat human flesh you might catch any of the diseases they had. In addition to the usual viral infections the most dangerous is probably prions. Most prions are specific to a single species and can spread through food. And there is generally no cure for prion diseases.
Although there are no big danger of humans eating each other being a major source of disease outbreaks this can be an issue with modern farming. Animal waste, mostly those from slaughtering, is being processed and used as nutritional suppliants to animals as well as humans. And there is a danger that animals is getting fed remains of their own species which could contribute to spreading diseases. There are some regulations in place to avoid this happening. However it may still be possible either as an accident or by someone intentionally mislabeling feed in order to improve its value. You do also have the same issue with manure. Fresh manure may be applied to fields that gets grazed soon after and bacteria can therefore spread between populations of livestock. In some cases human waste is also used as fertilizer which might similarly infect livestock with bacteria that causes nasty infections in humans and this may end up in meat. So this too is being regulated to some degree but is a constant threat.
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