I can't find the original MSM article but it looks like the ban was based on insufficient information regarding safety and primarily to protect farmers:
"Italy’s move to ban the practice is 'based on precautionary principles', the health minister, Orazio Schillaci, said during a press conference '[Because] there are no scientific studies yet on the effects of synthetic foods. We want to safeguard our nation’s heritage and our agriculture based on the Mediterranean diet'....Coldiretti, Italy’s biggest farmers’ association, has lobbied for the ban, arguing that homegrown produce needs to be shielded from 'the attacks of multinational companies'."
I can't find the original MSM article but it looks like the ban was based on insufficient information regarding safety and primarily to protect farmers:
"Italy’s move to ban the practice is 'based on precautionary principles', the health minister, Orazio Schillaci, said during a press conference '[Because] there are no scientific studies yet on the effects of synthetic foods. We want to safeguard our nation’s heritage and our agriculture based on the Mediterranean diet'....Coldiretti, Italy’s biggest farmers’ association, has lobbied for the ban, arguing that homegrown produce needs to be shielded from 'the attacks of multinational companies'."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/29/italian-plan-to-ban-lab-grown-food-criticised-as-misguided