Italy's governing party has given its support to proposed legislation banning the use of laboratory-produced food and animal feed.
If the proposal is passed by parliament, Italian industry will not be allowed to produce food or feed "from cell cultures or tissues derived from vertebrate animals.”
A breach of the rules could result in fines of up to 60,000 euros $(88,328 Cdn).
"Laboratory products in our opinion do not guarantee quality, well-being and the protection of our culture, our tradition," said Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, a senior member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy party.
What a tragedy!
