Question in the EU on potential risks of laboratory meat for consumers

“The request for the sale of laboratory meat, which arrived in the EU from a French start-up, sparked protest reactions not only within the agricultural sector and from consumer associations. I presented a question to the European Commission: not only did I intend to highlight to the Commission the lack of long-term scientific studies demonstrating the absence of risks in the consumption of synthetic products for the human body, but I also asked if there is financing active by the EC towards companies whose objective is to place meat, fish or other products artificially created in laboratories on the market. If this were the case, we would find ourselves with the sadly known paradox of those who preach well and then do badly. The EU itself in its Farm to Fork strategy, in its intentions, should have facilitated small farms and small livestock farms for the benefit of the circular economy: a paradox compared to the interests of commercial ...