No. 2 (2023): 2/2023
Essays

Cultivated meat: Reflections and insights for socio-legal research

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Roberta Dameno
Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/1972-5760/21815

Published 2023-12-05

Keywords

  • cultured mead,
  • novel food,
  • sustainability

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Abstract

In recent months, the media debate about so-called cultured meat has entered the generalist media in Italy. The issue seems to be of great interest not only to the public, but also to Italian politics. What is interesting for the sociology of law is the fact that the large-scale production and retail of this product are still far from being achieved. In addition, researchers have not yet been able to develop a product with an acceptable taste and, above all, at a sustainable cost.

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