Ugly Fruit and Veg Back on the Shelves.

In the foodie news this week - the EU has finally scrapped 26 of the 36 controversial food rules governing the shape and size of fruit and veg.

Hopefully this means that we will see real fruit and veg back in the shops - although how much depends on how deeply conditioned we are to the ‘perfect’ carrot - and stop the 20-30% wastage of harvests that occurs today.

Interestingly, while the UK has been lobbying for this for some time now the rest of Europe is still mostly opposed to relaxing these regulations - putting a poke in the eye to the Daily Mail lot who claim that the EU is full of loony bureaucrats hell bent on wrenching power from this sovereign nation, rant, rant…

Stopping the veg waste and modern obsession with ‘perfection’ PLUS undermining the swivel eyed bigots - in my book that is a real win, win situation. Well done EU.

You can read more about it on BBC News

Tags: carrots, EU, Ugly Veg

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