The European Commission achieved the near impossible on July 1 after being praised for putting wonky fruit and veg back on supermarket shelves.
Producers, politicians and supermarkets were united in support of a decision banishing EU rules and regulating the size and shape of 36 types of produce.
For 20 years - at the request of the food industry - the EU has set strict marketing standards ensuring that only the finest -looking produce reaches the shops. Here’s hoping we’ll see some odd shaped mushrooms at a supermarket shelf near you in the not too distant future.
The new rules are as follows: Rules for 26 fruit and vegetable scrapped. Rules for 10 retained But sub-rule produce can be sold in shops if labelled as "for processing" or similar formulation Scrapped 26 are: Apricots, artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, avocadoes, beans, brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, cherries, courgettes, cucumbers, cultivated mushrooms, garlic, hazelnuts in shell, headed cabbage, leeks, melons, onions, peas, plums, ribbed celery, spinach, walnuts in shell, watermelons, witloof chicory 10 retained are: Apples, citrus fruit, kiwi fruit, lettuces and endives, peaches and nectarines, pears, strawberries, sweet peppers, table grapes, tomatoes.
