[Sigh] One step forward, two steps back… The redtops are full of a story today about a market trader who is being fined for his kiwis being 1mm smaller than the rules for grade 2 kiwis allow. Of course “Brussels bureaucrats” are getting the blame. Now, there are a number of things here: 1) We doContinue reading “First the cucumbers, now the kiwis”
Tag Archives: fruit and veg marketing standards
Having to be all grown up…
One of the “head” reasons I had for taking this job in London (rather than the “heart” ones that went: want to live in London! Want to show the UK why the EU is a pretty good thing on the whole!) was that it would give me management experience. The Commission as an institution isn’tContinue reading “Having to be all grown up…”
Back in Brussels
I’m in Brussels at the moment – I have to get the house sorted out for the move, get quotes etc, and I’ve been asked to take part in an event tomorrow about communicating Europe, organised by the Committee of the Regions. It’s been nice to be back. I went into the Commission today forContinue reading “Back in Brussels”
The renaissance of the bendy cucumber
There’s a great story floating around in the press today (Metro and Daily Star at the moment) about the EU bringing an end to rules on bendy cucumbers etc. And this one is no Euromyth, it’s true! The Commission has proposed to the Member States that we rationalise the marketing standards for fruit and vegContinue reading “The renaissance of the bendy cucumber”