Posted on 03/30/2023 6:56:53 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Italy's right-wing government has backed a bill that would ban laboratory-produced meat and other synthetic foods, highlighting Italian food heritage and health protection.
If the proposals go through, breaking the ban would attract fines of up to €60,000 (£53,000).
Francesco Lollobrigida, who runs the rebranded ministry for agriculture and food sovereignty, spoke of the importance of Italy's food tradition.
The farmers' lobby praised the move.
But it was a blow for some animal welfare groups, which have highlighted lab-made meat as a solution to issues including protecting the environment from carbon emissions and food safety.
Coldiretti and other agriculture lobbies have collected half a million signatures in recent months calling for protection of "natural food vs synthetic food", and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is among those who have signed.
"We could only celebrate with our farmers a measure that puts our farmers in the vanguard, not just on the issue of defending excellence... but also in defending consumers," she told a "flash mob" organised by Coldiretti outside her office in Rome.
The proposed bill came hard on the heels of a series of government decrees banning the use of flour derived from insects such as crickets and locusts in pizza or pasta.
Ministers have cited Italy's prized Mediterranean diet as their motivation for both measures.
Mr Lollobrigida, who comes from the same far-right Brothers of Italy party as the prime minister said: "Laboratory products do not guarantee quality, well-being and the protection of the Italian food and wine culture and tradition, to which part of our tradition is linked."
The proposals, approved by ministers on Tuesday, seek to ban synthetic foods produced from animal cells without killing the animal, and would apply to lab-produced fish and synthetic milk too.
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He told Il Sole 24 Ore financial newspaper that milk producers were facing a paradox. On the one hand his colleagues were being asked to invest in making their product more environmentally friendly, while on the other "investors with no scruples" were promoting a product that was anything but natural "under the pretext of protecting the environment".
As much as my French heritage embraces the most wonderful dishes, I have to say that Italian food, bar none, is the best.
Sorry, Mom.
Kudos to Mr. Lollobrigida. PS. I loved his mom, the legendary Gina
What no lab made woolly mammoth meatballs on their spaghetti ???
As much as I respect human innovation, deplore government interference and generally trust “the free market” - I have to agree with Italians on this.
The great irony of the woke open-borders globalists is that they are quickly destroying any local culture, local thought, and local diversity. The world is quickly being turned into a globalist/corporate/tech Walmart parking lot.
Italian cuisine is a treasure.
No matter where you go to eat in Italy, be it a simple trattoria or world class restaurant...it's like going to the health food store.
Italy since time began explicitly bans additives, chemicals, preservatives, etc.from their food supply.
And that's just for starters....
Italians are fanatics about their food.....
* I have to say that Italian food, bar none, is the best.*
Disagree. Give me a couple of recipes to try and let me find out. Eggplant, lasagna, spaghetti pizza-not really Italian. They’re really American.
Pizza is Neapolitan...
A hat tip to Italy!
How do you tell if this laboratory-produced meat is from animals and not the Lab workers ?
“Eggplant, lasagna, spaghetti pizza-not really Italian. They’re really American.”
All of those are quite Italian. Of course the Italian-American varieties are a little different from the Italian recipes.
Braciole
Stuffed Cannelloni (savory, not sweet)
Aubergine Cake (yes, the eggplant parmesan original)
Any fish dish
Genoese seafood risotto
Green Easter Pie, savory
Calzone
Focaccia
Roman lamb with anchovies (my personal favorite because I love anchovies in any form. Try Finland for fried whole in a basket with garlic sauce)
Zabaglione
Tiramisu
Italian bread pudding
and on and on and on. I make a fantastic Braciole. Takes time to do but it is one of my tribe’s favorite
Try it!
Bon Appétit: Australian Company Unveils Giant Cloned Woolly Mammoth Meatball
...the meatball, which currently has an aroma akin to crocodile meat...
Pizza was Neapolitan. Now it belongs to the world.
The muffuletta -- the greatest sandwich yet designed -- might have been created in N'awlins, but the meats in it are all Italian.
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