Italy bans cultivated meat products::New law prohibits the production or sale of cultivated meat in Italy, with fines of up to €60,000
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Fake news. There’s a proposal from March, it is not a law. And it’s so stupid that it bans production, not import (just to fuck over an already stalling economy)
But don’t spread fake news.
Edit: found article on sole24ore. You are right and our government is a bunch of retarded.
Edit2: https://www.linkiesta.it/2023/12/mattarella-legge-carne-coltivata-servira-prima-lok-dellue/ This article says that our beloved president Mattarella did not sign it and sent it to Brussel for review.
BBC article states “Italian MPs have voted to back a law banning the production, sale or import of cultivated meat or animal feed, in what the right-wing government calls a defence of Italian tradition.”
I’m Italian, no news is speaking about it. Last articles are from 28-29 March talking about a proposal, so not yet law.
It’s a law now, albeit probably it’s not really applicable and the EU will give us trouble the first time a European company appeals, because it limits the EU market and has not been accepted preventive by the EU.
Italian article: https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/il-divieto-carne-artificiale-e-legge-AFLY77eB
Dio cane che ritardo mentale.
Non ho trovato articoli comunque, grazie
It’s even worse, the government approved the law but they didn’t notify it to EU neither sent it to Mattarella to sign it, so it could not be enforced… Retards
https://www.wired.it/article/carne-coltivata-divieto-bloccato-firma-mattarella-europa/
Not even the first time that they don’t know the right procedure to do one of the most basic stuff of their job
All of these links say yes, it’s a law that the sale and production of synthetic meat is banned in Italy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67448116
https://www.barrons.com/news/italy-bans-production-sale-of-lab-grown-meat-328efe2d
https://www.just-food.com/news/italys-ban-on-cultivated-meat-approved-by-lawmakers/
I’m Italian, no news is speaking about it. Last articles are from 28-29 March talking about a proposal, so not yet law.
Edit: found article on sole24ore. You are right and our government is a bunch of retarded.
I’m Italian, no news is speaking about it. Last articles are from 28-29 March talking about a proposal, so not yet law.
Edit: found article on sole24ore. You are right and our government is a bunch of retarded.
Please, non-Italians, pay attention: that has nothing to do with Italian cuisine, no chefs, traditional groups or whatsoever said anything about cultivated meat. And no dumb scientist said anything either. It’s just some bigot, retrograde minister of ours.
Thanks for the insight, friend
Sorry you have that idiota
I’m going to snap all my spaghetti in half until this is repealed.
Hot take: spaghetti is garbage tier pasta. Snap it not because of this but because it sucks
Don’t just talk shit. Tell me what (and where) pasta I should be eating, goddamnit.
I find fettuccine a better use in every way if your dish requires straight pasta (not a huge fan of angel hair). Rotini is the shit when you have a sauce that is chunky but I also use it in mac and cheese - whenever I can really. Honorary mentions to cavatappi and penne as they do a great job of soaking up that sauce with their crevices. Them saucy crevices.
Along the east, rice noodle vermicelli is fantastic; much preferred to any angel hair any day when you can use a rice noodle. Kuey Teow noodles (flat noodles) I can gorge my weight on when prepared correctly. And do not overlook a good egg noodle in a killer broth.
This is in no way an exhaustive list but I find all of these easily in US cities!
Penne gang represent!
My guy, cavatappi or die
Please. The superior rigatoni looks down on your petty bickering.
I meh at your fettuccine and counter with the far superior linguini
There are various types of “spaghetti”, from the thin ones to quite thick, then vermicelli, spaghetti quadrati, spaghetti alla chitarra etc…Definitely you can’t replace spaghetti with fettuccine in all instances, IMHO.
That said, I am team vermicelli (which are thicker). But spaghetti from a good pasta brand (for supermarket stuff, say Rummo, Liguori) are just another thing compared to the Barilla stuff.
Bet
If looking to keep the general spaghetti form, bucatini can’t be beat.
I love em
Bet. Why would you eat spaghetti when mostaccioli exists?
It’s fake, FFS.
So they’re banning what’s likely the “end all, be all” meat replacement in the (hopefully not so distant) future just so that being a “livestock farmer” remains viable?
Yes but of course. “Ban the machines that can harvest our crops, we want to keep our slaves” Its so sad to see…
Communism is a hell of a drug.
You’ve demonstrated that ignorance is a hell of a problem.
Hold on, which way is communism? Banning it or not banning it?
Well that’s understandable. I too want my meat to have been grown in its own shit and be pumped full of antibiotics and let’s not forget the secret incredient: cruelty.
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.
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.
Wonder when Lollobrigida is going to ban smoking btw…
I wouldn’t want synthetic meat unless there are strict quality standards in place
As “strict” as regular meat?
Luckily I’m in India, not being a rich country means less packaged and more local choices. It’s not all bad.
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!
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.
This is stupid.
It’s stupid and fake!
We have a really stupid minister in charge of this stuff. And i mean it in the truest sense of the word, this guy has a room temperature iq.
Anyways, the sale ban will probably fail in court, the production ban will only harm the italian industry because sure as hell they can’t stop european synthetic meat from entering the country.
Room temperature Celsius no less
We’re talking Italy, so Celsius is assumed.
Yes it’s stupid, yes many Italians are pissed about this too, yes this will sunk our economy even more, yey italy
Reactionaries opposing technological innovations that would prevent suffering because they’re not ‘natural’. Color me surprised.
Italy you say? The one EU member that has repeatedly used its power to lock down ag requirements and protections for it own foods for the other member states?
The only upside is that gabbagol is delicious, and who would want to fuck that up?
It locks down names. You can produce parmisan, you can’t label it “parmigiano reggiano”.
I upvoted the post so others see it, but I do not like that they’re banning it. That’s poopy garbage ass.
Slightly off-topic, but, is there a Lemmy community for cellular agriculture, akin to r/wheresthebeef? That’s one of the few remaining subreddits I haven’t found a Lemmy replacement for yet.
You have piqued my interest. Is this something people do at home? Grow their own meats?
Sounds gross. I’m totally in.
Is this something people do at home Grow their own meats?
Not yet, and possibly not ever. Most current development is limited to academic institutions and small startup companies. But who knows what the future brings? Perhaps one day people will grow steaks at home similar to how one might ferment their own beer or yogurt. My guess is that it would be more trouble than it’s worth for the average people though.
Italy be taking a lotta L’s these days. I wonder who they will side with in WW3?
Hey now, they were on the winning side during WW1. That’s something.
Hey now, they were on the winning side during WW1. That’s something.
Similar thing happening Romania too, it’s disheartening but in a country where the meat industry was already hit hard I can understand the economic reasons behind it, but that doesn’t mean I’m a fan of it.
Of course a lot of people are also just afraid of anything synthetic and “unnatural”, falling into the same category as GMOs.
The country should be able to subsidise short-term economic failure, but it shouldn’t hold afloat something that is bound to die (or reduce in size), especially through legal means. It goes against capitalism that underpins that economy, and common sense… Things change, and businesses die.
Eh, in a real world sure, but a lot of governments run on populism more so than capitalism. Just sell whatever will get you re elected.
Italy is the first nation in the world to be safe from the social and economic risks of synthetic food
more like the only nation to consider all cultivated meat a problem and prohibit it instead of regulating it.
social and economic risks of synthetic food
yeah 2 things humans just will never solve for, better shut it down. shut it all down.
prohibit it instead of regulating it.
It’s like 90% of Italy’s mindset 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
(Really tho, if we start regulating stuff there would be shit rules)
