Italy mulling law to make bad ice cream illegal

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Bad ice cream could be poised to become a criminal offence under Italian law. Gelato producers who fail to meet strict quality measures, such as limits on the amount of air added to the mixture, could be hit with a fine of up to $15,000 (£12,958) under plans being considered by the Senate. “Our laws do not currently preserve artisanal ice cream and producers who make it,” said one of the bill’s supporters.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.