New law prohibits the production or sale of cultivated meat in Italy, with fines of up to €60,000

Italy bans cultivated meat products::New law prohibits the production or sale of cultivated meat in Italy, with fines of up to €60,000

  • @[email protected]English
    12•11 months ago

    Lab-grown meat is equated to synthetic ingredients and ultra-processed foods which are known to raise health problems (but are not banned, not all additives at least and not everywhere).

    Considering how politics goes these days, the producers of cultivated meat just hadn’t a grip on the ministry as strong as the farmer lobby. No ideological or public health reason whatsoever. And it’s not Italy, it’s just politics and business everywhere.

    Today it’s Italy’s turn, maybe tomorrow someone else will be on the hot seat.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•11 months ago

      and ultra-processed foods which are known to raise health problems

      The data on this are very dubious at best. Most researchers can’t even agree on a definition of what they are. Corelation studies should always be taken with a grain of salt.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•11 months ago

          Luckily I’m in India, not being a rich country means less packaged and more local choices. It’s not all bad.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•11 months ago

            I imagine this must be an interesting topic in India, with a large population viewing the cow as a sacred animal. How would artificially grown beef play into that? Would it still be a sacred cow at that point? I am curious to know!

            • @[email protected]English
              2•11 months ago

              Definitely a ban. But quite a few communities would eat buff meat and is occasionally available in restaurants. It’s a wide gradient considering what’s ok to eat here, ranging from Garlic, Onion, Mushroom, Egg, Chicken (also depends whether halal), Mutton, Lamb, Fish, Pork, Buff, Squid, Dog…

              Also it’s not consistent among religion either and depends alot on region too. There are Muslims eating Pork in the North East and Hindus eating beef in the South but the majority isn’t that. Outliers to everything.