If you make the lobster in ice, you will be fined in Italy

News24xx.com - A unique food-related ban was decided in Italy. Lobster is prohibited be stored in the ice because it can make them be tormented.

On Friday, June 16 2017 the highest court in Italy decided the rules related a ban of lobster storage in ice before being processed.

This criticism comes after the judge received complaints from animal rights groups against the restaurant owner near Florence. Animal rights groups consider the practice on lobster storage in ice is not correct because it hurt lobster.

"A certain cook method could be considered legal because it was commonly used, but the suffering caused by the detention of animals while waiting to be cooked is not justifiable," wrote the judge.

Quoted from the Huffington Post, as a result, the restaurant owners were ordered to pay a fine of 2,000 euros (IDR 29.7 million) plus legal fees of 3000 euros (IDR 44.5 million).

As a solution, the Court suggest the lobster in the restaurant as well as the market kept in a tank of room-temperaturedoxygenated water, if it hasn't been processed.

By putting lobster in ice, the Court argued the practice is cruel because it makes the motor function of the lobsters to die.

Meanwhile, of the many opinions about how to best way handle the lobster before being processed, the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said many researchers are confident naturally lobster pain before being processed.

"The experts could not seem to agree on which method best make lobster not be too tortured before being processed. They agreed none of the humane way to kill a sensitive and unusual animals," they claimed.