Its now a Kilo of eggs & 320g of Brad Rolls

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 09:45

British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. For the first time, eggs and other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet. Until now, Britain has been exempt from EU regulations that forbid the selling of goods by number. But last week MEPs voted to end Britain’s deal despite objections from UK members.Or that a bag of white rolls has 322g inside instead of half a dozen. The rules will not allow both the weight and the quantity to be displayed.

Last night, Britain’s Food Standards Agency said it was opposed to the move, putting the UK on a potential collision course with Brussels.

It could be the first test of David Cameron’s pre-Election promise to stand up for Britain’s interests in the EU.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289882/EU-ban-selling-eggs-dozen-Shopkeepers-fury-told-food-weighed-sold-kilo.html

cyprusishome


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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 09:49

I have never seen anywhere in world selling eggs by weight. Will someone please advise me as to if I am wrong and France, Germany etc sell bey weight. Do they do this in RoC?



All fruit etc have had this for years.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
27/06/2010 09:51

For goodness sake does it really matter whether it is weight or quantity, people will still ask for what they want despite any EU ruling.



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Time the UK told Belgium and to go take a hike with its straight bananas and carrots etc,





Chris

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 10:04

RE msg 3, the nurse: (...) Time the UK told Belgium and to go take a hike with its straight bananas and carrots etc, (...)

=> What has Belgium got to do with this, Chris?! And straight bananas, carrots etc? This rule has been abolished for quite some time now!

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 10:18

Re : Msgs 1&2,



Wanderer, before I even seen the article I knew it iwas from Daily Mail. For years now it has been writing similar nonsense about the "alleged" EU crimes against UK sovereignty. The tabloid was exposed by Stephen Fry in one of his QI programmes as telling the public absolute "porkies". Most of these publications about "EU lunacy" are simply not true.

Cyprurishome, in the above mentioned countries they sell by numbers and weight: I can buy e.g. a carton on which it is said - 3 eggs and has weight in grammes, which is convenient as it tells me how big they are which is important in recipes or when backing etc. BTW, I have never seen in UK 1, 2 or 3 eggs sold, minimum amount one can buy is 6 and in some supermarkets 10. So I buy 6, use 1 or 2, throw the rest, what a waste!

I wish DM dedicate their time to the real issues of Britain's traid interests!

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 10:23

Re :Msg 5, Sorry , rather " trade interests!"

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 10:38

Absolute rubbish! Here in Germany eggs are sold just as they are in the UK.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
27/06/2010 10:53

battery hens will now sit on scales and not nest boxes

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
27/06/2010 11:50

Kaiser

not the same eggs UK ones have Lions on them question is should we get an ink allowance one egg free in every say hundred as to allow for the the weight of the ink

Also how may will crack as you would not want to weigh them with their boxes

Only joking

spider


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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 11:59

Oh gone are the days when my mother would send us to the little shop down the road for...2 eggs .!!





Spider,X

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 12:41

South Side, they sell fresh oysters by the kilo, new one on me!



Richard

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 14:23

What a load of old 'tosh', haven't they got anything better to do?????

They're making one major c''''k up of the EU. Bringing all these changes in, at the cost of the

growers, wholesalers and retail outlets. Not forgetting the mammoth wages of the people

sitting in their little offices devising all these changes.

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
27/06/2010 15:49

Wanderer, message 9 - thanks for the chuckle!

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 19:15

I'm in Brussels tomorrow as a guest of a few MEP's so I'll pose the question however, my main objective will be to try and extract the 'bullshit' reasons on why the EU reneged on its promise for direct trade post 2004 referendum. Wish me luck!



Richard

PS If there are any other questions that you wish me to ask please email me off board in the next hour.

newscoop


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Message Posted:
27/06/2010 23:03

A Yeni Zealander in Brussels taking the eussr to task,



Should be interesting.

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
04/07/2010 17:51

Brinsley, did you get in to the meetings with the MEPs or was this a wind up.....