Deformation fruit and vegetables on sale in the EU tomorrow

The rules of the European Union (EU) on the size and shape of many fruits and vegetables will stop work tomorrow, when repeal specific marketing standards for 26 types of fruit and vegetables, Rapid reports.

During negotiations in 2007 on the reform of the common market organization for fruit and vegetables, European Commission (EC) has undertaken to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy by eliminating a number of marketing standards for fruit and vegetables. Change tomorrow means that these standards will be revoked for 26 products: apricots, artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, avocados, beans, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, cherries, courgettes, cucumbers, cultivated mushrooms, garlic, hazelnuts in shell, cabbages , leeks, melons, onions, peas, plums, drazhkova celery, spinach, walnuts in shell, and years witloof chicory.

Specific trade standards will remain running for 10 products, which account for 75 percent of the value of EU trade: apples, citrus fruit, kiwi fruit, lettuces, peaches and nectarines, pears, strawberries, sweet peppers, table grapes and tomatoes. Member States may, however, exempt them from the standards if the products are sold in stores with the appropriate label. In practice this means that non-standard apple may still be offered for sale in the shop, come to bear the label „products intended for processing.

First noted back in July on our shelves of the curve unshapely carrot and cucumber. Users will be able to choose among the widest possible range of products. Completely useless likely to be discarded just because they are „incorrect“ in size and shape, „said Mariann Fischer Bowl, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development.

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