Debate over paring EU produce quality standards
EU debates produce grading - cucumber's maximum arc, refractive ability of a peach, 29 pages on quality standards for onions. Some favor stringency since shoppers aren't allowed to touch merchandise, but agriculture commissioner wants regulations pared, citing waste, food prices and bureaucracy.
The Washington Post 2008-07-08
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Index: apples, avocados, banana, Britain, Brix, cantaloupes, carrot, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, David Parsons, Denmark, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, EU, European Commission, European Union, Eurosceptics, France, Gerard Ioli, Hungary, London Daily Mail, Mariann Fischer Boel, Michael Mann, onions, peaches, strawberries, watermelons, witloof chicory