France wants the European Union to issue a “clear” definition of lab-grown meat, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Thursday as he presented measures designed to satisfy protesting farmers.
Attal told a news conference cultured meat was “not part of what we understand by French diet” which is why France wanted “clear legislation at the European level to determine what lab-grown meat is”.
Last month, agriculture ministers from France, Austria and Italy kicked off what they called a “culinary alliance” seeking a public debate around lab-grown meat.
Synthetic meat cannot be sold in the European Union as it has not been authorised by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Austria and Italy said a public consultation and impact study of such lab-grown meat should be first carried out and then if — as seems likely — it is approved for human consumption, it should be clearly labelled.
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