No GM food as long as we're in govt says Lollobrigida

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 17 - No genetically modified food will hit Italian plates as long as the current right-wing coalition is in government in Italy, Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Sovereignty Francesco Lollobrigida told the Senate Thursday.
    "I guarantee that as long as we are in government, there will be no food on the tables of Italians that has been created in a laboratory", Lollobrigida said at question time in the Upper House.
    "I wish to clear up any misunderstanding and stress that the government is opposed to synthetic and artificial food and intends to oppose this type of production in every forum," said Premier Giorgia Meloni's brother-in-law, denying media reports.
    (ANSA).