Anti-innovation and consumer choice? Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat, cheese and fish

By Oliver Morrison

03-Apr-2023 Last updated on 03-Apr-2023 at 16:32 GMT

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First it was Nutri-Score. Now Italy is waging war on lab-grown food to preserve its famous gastronomic heritage.

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