Italy Bans Lab-Grown Meat

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from Great Game India:

In a Facebook post, Italy’s Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced on November 16 that Italy bans lab-grown meat.

Italy was the first nation to outlaw cultivated meat, citing concerns for the welfare of its people, the farming sector, and the economy.

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Lab-grown meat sometimes referred to as “cultivated meat,” is produced in a laboratory using a five-step procedure that starts with animal stem cells that are reproduced and grown in a succession of bioreactors. Afterward, the meat is combined with chemicals to give it a more lifelike feel. The meat cells are subsequently created, drained in a centrifuge, and packaged for delivery, as per the advisory firm McKinsey & Company.

“In defense of health, of the Italian production system, of thousands of jobs, of our culture and tradition, with the law approved today, Italy is the first nation in the world to be safe from the social and economic risks of synthetic food,” read the English translation of a Facebook post made by Italy’s Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, on November 16.

The agricultural organizations in the nation backed the law, which was approved by the Senate 159–53 to preserve Italy’s $10.1 billion meat-processing sector.

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Cultivated chicken is made in tanks at Eat Just in Alameda, Calif., on July 27, 2023. Cell-cultivated or lab-grown meat is made by feeding nutrients to animal cells in stainless steel tanks. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The United States is making efforts to prevent the sale of lab-grown meat or to make sure that consumers understand what they are purchasing. One such effort is the 2018 Missouri law that outlaws the labeling of plant-based and lab-grown foods as “meat.”

“​​This act also prohibits misrepresenting a product as meat that is not derived from harvested production livestock or poultry,” the law states.

Representative Tyler Sirois of Florida filed a bill on November 13th to outlaw the “manufacturing, sale, holding, or distribution of cultivated meat” within the state.

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