EU wonky fruit and veg law goes straight

Out-going South West MEP and Conservative PPC for Tiverton Neil Parish hasn’t quite kicked the Euro-soil from his shoes and got in touch to tell us about the repeal of the EU’s wonky fruit and veg laws

Neil is also the Conservative chairman of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee and he told us about the changes to the fruit and veg law.

Marketing standards for 26 types of fruit and vegetable, which governed the size and shape of many products and prevented healthy food being marketed, will be scrapped entirely. For a further ten types of fruit and vegetable standards will remain in place but they can, however, be sold so long as they are clearly labelled as mis-shapen.

He said: “Wasting healthy food simply because of its shape or size is immoral at a time of global food shortages.

“These rules should never have been put in place at all. I congratulate the Commissioner for scrapping them.

“Considering there will be more produce available for sale on our shelves, I trust the supermarkets will be able to bring down the price of produce. This decision should make fruit and vegetables cheaper.

“Repealing these laws is a great start to the Swedish Presidency of the EU and we look forward to many more interfering laws being scrapped over the coming months.”

Neil is a big fan of animal rights, too. And backed tougher laws on animal testing which aimed at making animal testing obsolete by promoting alternative methods: replacement, refinement and reduction.

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