It's official: European diktats on the size and shape of fruit and vegetables are bananas.(Snip) Bananas must be bent – in Euro-speak, “the thickness of a transverse section of the fruit between the lateral faces and the middle, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis . . . must be at a minimum of 27mm”. They must also be longer than 14 cm...
[the list is endless, and the food that doesn't meet spec.? destroyed. at this time of global food shortages. the inevitable path of government involvement]
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Monday, July 21, 2008
EU rediscovers taste for bendy cucumbers
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