{"id":6142,"date":"2023-04-24T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T16:14:30","slug":"should-canada-follow-italys-lead-and-ban-lab-grown-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/should-canada-follow-italys-lead-and-ban-lab-grown-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Canada follow Italy&#8217;s lead and ban lab grown meat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information on these products is needed before they&#8217;re approved for human consumption here.<\/h4><p>By Brian Lilley for Toronto Sun &#8211; Italy is looking to ban lab grown meat as well as using flour from crickets in pizza or pasta. The Italian government says it\u2019s about protecting Italy\u2019s food supply, its heritage and its food culture.<\/p><p>Based on the reaction of my stomach when I think about eating a lab grown \u201cburger\u201d or some cricket pasta, my answer should be a strong yes, let\u2019s ban it all. I\u2019m also someone who values freedom, including the freedom to choose whacky dietary options and who believes the role of government should be limited.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>At best, I can say, we need more information on these products before they\u2019re approved for human consumption in Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure><p>By more information, I don\u2019t just mean more information for regulators, I\u2019m talking about more information for the people who count the most here, the consumers. Regulators are people who crunch numbers, analyze and follow rules set by others \u2013 consumers will be the ones making clear choices in the grocery aisles and will need clear information.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"420\" data-src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat-chicken.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6144 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat-chicken.jpg 564w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat-chicken-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat-chicken-81x60.jpg 81w, https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat-chicken-121x90.jpg 121w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 564px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 564\/420;\" \/><figcaption><sup>A cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast created at the UPSIDE Foods plant, where lab-grown meat is cultivated, in Emeryville, California, January 11, 2023.\u00a0PHOTO BY PETER DASILVA\u00a0\/REUTERS<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/lilley-should-canada-follow-italys-lead-and-ban-lab-grown-meat\">Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy is looking to ban lab grown meat as well as using flour from crickets in pizza or pasta. The Italian government says it\u2019s about protecting Italy\u2019s food supply, its heritage and its food culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1307,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-6142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ban-lab-grown-meat","9":"tag-canada","10":"pmpro-has-access"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lab-meat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6145,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions\/6145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}