Italy is not alone in its fight against laboratory-grown meat: 12 EU countries, including France and Austria, have signed a joint note asking Brussels for a moratorium on artificial food production.
Cultured meat poses a “threat” to “real food production methods that are at the heart of the European agricultural model”, we read in the note, which will come to the table of the meeting of Agriculture Ministers in the EU capital. The document warns of “new practices” that “include the production of meat with stem cell technology that requires tissue from living animals.”
“The development of this new laboratory-grown food production raises many questions that need to be discussed in depth among Member States, the Commission, stakeholders and the general public,” he continues. “These questions are vital for the future society that we want and must build in Europe, and which must be part of a renewed and wide-ranging debate in the EU, especially on laboratory-grown meat,” said the signatories, including the governments of the Czech Republic. , Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Malta, Romania and Slovakia.
The note therefore calls for “a broader approach to consider these questions regarding cell-based meat production and the implications of discussions with Member States and European civil society before any decision on marketing authorization is taken.” We would like to remind you that to date the EU has not issued any permits for animal products based on cell cultivation techniques. For this reason, we remind that the evaluation must be carried out with a transparent, scientific and global approach,” the signatories continued.
Twelve EU countries then demand that the Commission “ensure the accurate and independent sharing of science-based information and oppose any deception resulting from greenwashing campaigns.” “If this information shows that laboratory-grown meat does not provide clear benefits for the environment, consumer health and rural areas and farmers, we will not be in a position to consider the development of this sector in the EU,” they conclude.
In recent years, Brussels has funded many research projects on laboratory meat. The Netherlands is among the European countries that invest the most in this field of research. Not just public funds; It is, first of all, the private sector that increases financing. The turnover of cultured meat reached a record level of $1.3 billion in 2021. According to many analysts, this figure could be 10 times higher between now and 2030.
Source: Today IT
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