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What do you think of that ruling from Brussels a few years back that a supermarket...

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  • 17-02-2012 10:44am
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    i_am_job
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 53 ✭✭


    cannot sell "deformed" vegetables, for example, if a carrot is not perfectly straight, a supermarket cannot sell it. I mean food is food isn't it?? you're gonna chop it up and eat it anyways :confused:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7724347.stm

    afaik, it's reversed now


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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,778 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    It is not really relevant anymore, is it? That proposed legislation was drafted 24 years ago & was never enacted. Even the article you quote is 4 years old. Old news... :(


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    Cardinal Richelieu
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    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    It is not really relevant anymore, is it? That proposed legislation was drafted 24 years ago & was never enacted[/U]. Even the article you quote is 4 years old. Old news... :(

    Actually it was enacted(Class 1,Class 2 that you see on produce labels). It made sense at the time because of the wide variations in produce quality between countries but nowadays retailers and food companies have there own specs which more often than not exceed anything in the marketing Standards.


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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,778 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Thanks for the clarification. :o
    At least we can still buy bendy bananas & knobbly carrots. :)


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