Coldiretti, Italy's leading agricultural lobbying organization, has been implicated in influencing regulatory processes related to cultivated meat. The group, fearing that lab‐grown meat could harm traditional livestock farming, was reported to have driven a unilateral ban in 2023. Later, in a protest outside the European Food Safety Authority headquarters in Parma and through its affiliated think tank—whose scientists served on an ostensibly independent technical roundtable—all actions point to a concerted effort to steer EU regulation in favor of conventional farming interests.

Coldiretti, Italy's largest agricultural lobby organization, organized a large protest against lab‐grown meat and novel foods regulation. Rallying thousands of farmers with a petition signed by nearly half a million people and thousands of local governments, the organization demanded that the EU, via EFSA, adopt drug-like clinical and preclinical testing standards for novel food products. This action, leveraging scientists from its own think tank—a group with potential conflicts of interest—calls into question the objectivity of the scientific advice used to shape public policy.

Coldiretti, Italy’s leading agricultural lobby group representing over 1.6 million farmers, has joined a broader livestock industry campaign by endorsing amendments critical of lab-grown meat and opposing shifts in EU regulatory frameworks. The group's participation reflects its efforts to protect traditional livestock practices in the face of emerging cellular meat technologies.

On February 14, 2024, protesters demonstrated against Coldiretti, Italy's largest agricultural lobby group, by burning its flags and accusing it of aligning with multinationals and large landowners. Critics claim that Coldiretti prioritizes personal and corporate interests over grassroots farmers, thereby crowding out genuine representation in policy discussions.

The article details how Coldiretti harnessed its significant lobbying power to influence legislators into abstaining from a vote on banning lab‐grown meat, thereby protecting traditional agricultural interests at the expense of scientific progress.

On March 2, 2018, Coldiretti released a manifesto appealing to voters and urging the incoming government to implement five cost-free interventions within the first 100 days aimed at safeguarding Italian agricultural enterprises by eliminating supply chain distortions and enhancing market transparency.

The article describes how Coldiretti, the main Italian agricultural lobbying organization, has leveraged its long-standing political relationships to influence government policy. Their lobbying efforts led to the implementation of mandatory origin labels on key Italian food products, such as dairy, pasta, and rice. This move, designed to protect and promote the 'Made in Italy' brand, secured important benefits for local farmers, despite potential international trade disputes and bypassing standard EU procedures.