“Coldiretti and other agriculture lobbies have collected half a million signatures in recent months calling for protection of "natural food vs synthetic food", and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is among those who have signed.”
The bill bans a product nobody has even asked EU regulators to approve, with fines up to €60,000. The farm lobby wrote the petition and the prime minister signed it. Once the EU approves cultured meat, Italy cannot stop it crossing the border anyway. Food heritage is the label. Protecting incumbent farmers is the product.