EU repeals fruit and veg laws

By Cecilia Brabin | August 7, 2017

Nov 12 – Bendy cucumbers and nobbly carrots are back! Mis-shaped fruit and vegetables may be sold across the European Union from next year.

EU member states have voted to scrap the bloc’s much-maligned standards on minimum size and shape. EU rules on fruit and vegetable standards have long been criticised as a sign of ‘Euro-madness’ as it meant 20 percent of produce was rejected by shops across the union’s 27 countries because they were too small, too curvy or too knobbly.

Sonia Legg reports.

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EU repeals fruit and veg laws

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  1. The EC have been discriminating against people.
  2. Misshapen vegetables are not allowed in the UK.
  3. 26 types of fruit and vegetable can now be sold.
  4. Before, 20% of produce was rejected by farmers.
  5. The most popular fruit and vegetables are now free from restriction.
  6. Apples in supermarkets will be silly shapes.
  7. UK shoppers are especially pleased.
  8. Nobbly fruit are not juicy.
  9. These regulations are a joke.
  10. Fruit and vegetables will now be less affordable.

 

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