Cultured meat in Italy, Lollobrigida at Question Time: No infringement procedures, our law is compatible with EU law

With law 173 of 2023 "Italy has become the first European nation, indeed the first nation in the world, to prohibit the production, marketing and import of synthetic cultivated food, of fake food in a language understandable to the world, in defense of our agri-food sector but also using the right of precaution of public health with respect to its potential risks". The Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigida said this during question time in the Senate. "The procedure initiated following the notification of the law on cultured meat has been closed. The closure means that the compatibility of the law with the principles of European Union law regarding the internal market has been definitively ascertained by the European Commission. Otherwise, the Commission would have proceeded to challenge the provisions, as was within its power, regardless of the notification method. There will therefore be no infringement procedure nor request for Italy to ...