The Italian government has proposed a draft law to ban lab-grown food and animal feed production in the country to protect its cultural heritage and traditional food and agriculture sectors.
Italy regulates sale and labeling of insect flour foods, including bans on their use in traditional Mediterranean foods and maximum supervision to protect consumers.
Last week saw a sharp increase in attacks on US troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a US base blamed on “pro-Iran” forces and a US counter-strike said to have killed at least 19 people.