Europe to Shoppers: You May Now Eat Abnormal Veggies
The European Union just repealed the laws they had in place banning the sale of abnormally shaped vegetables.
Pretty weird, but even crazier is the way they classify and standardize definitions of deformed produce:
The European Union is well known for its detailed regulations on appropriate shapes and sizes for agricultural items. Commission Regulation (EC) 2257/94, for example, states that bananas sold in Europe must be “free from malformation or abnormal curvature,” though Class 1 bananas can have “slight defects of shape,” and Class 2 bananas can have full “defects of shape.” Bananas were not covered in Wednesday’s ruling, so for now, these standards remain.
Different classes depending on how many “defects in shape.” nice.