Lab-grown meat and the Italian ban

• Authors: Giuseppe Spoto

Abstracts

EN

The article analyses the advantages and disadvantages of in-vitro cultivation of meat, noting that the proposal to ban its trade by Italy, despite some shareable reasons behind it, appears to be an excessive measure of legal paternalism with negative effects on further research. According to the author, it would be more appropriate to approve a specific law that would regulate the production processes of cultured meat, ensuring correct consumer information and considering this product an alternative to the consumption of conventional meat, rather than a substitute. This would, however, require an introduction of a new product configuration and a distinct legal denomination.

PL

Artykuł analizuje zalety i wady hodowli mięsa in vitro. Zauważa się, że włoski zakaz, pomimo pewnych uzasadnionych powodów, wydaje się nadmiernym środkiem paternalizmu prawnego, który negatywnie wpływa na dalsze badania. Zdaniem autora bardziej odpowiednie byłoby zatwierdzenie specjalnego rozporządzenia, które regulowałoby procesy produkcji mięsa hodowlanego, zapewniając prawidłowe informacje dla konsumentów i uznając ten produkt za alternatywę dla konsumpcji konwencjonalnego mięsa, a nie jego substytut. Wymagałoby to jednak wprowadzenia nowej konfiguracji produktu i odrębnej nazwy prawnej.

Keywords

EN

cultured meat; lab-grown meat; novel food legislation; consumer protection; legal paternalism; dietary considerations

PL

mięso hodowane; żywność; nowe regulacje dotyczące żywności; ochrona konsumentów; paternalizm prawny; względy dietetyczne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Prawa Rolnego
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 2(33)
• Pages: 159-170

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Giuseppe Spoto

• Roma Tre University

• https://orcid.org/0000000181767809

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ppr.2023.33.2.9

Biblioteka Nauki

29988296