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Old 30-06-2008, 11:35   #7
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Another Gem

It is like the chap who produced Kiwi fruit...it proved to be 1mm too small to pass EU regulations and it meant that he could not sell them.....and he couldn't give them away either(he would have been prosecuted) so the whole lot were dumped.
Now in a world where there is hunger and poverty(some of it in this country) why do we have to have regulations like this?
There was absolutely nothing wrong with this fruit, but the chap had to throw it all away...he said he lost £1000 by having to abide by these mad regulations.

It is said that the EU are looking at relaxing some of the rules regarding mis-shaped fruit and veggies, it won't be a minute too soon.
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