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Not hating, just making sure the facts are known:
"The European Parliament statement continued:
No ban on eggs by the dozen
Selling eggs by the dozen will not be illegal under the terms of the amendments adopted by the European Parliament to EU food labelling proposals. Labels will still be able to indicate the number of food items in a pack, whether of eggs, bread rolls or fish fingers.
Labelling by weight
Reports that claim the new rules will not allow both the weight and the quantity to be displayed are also wrong. The new food labelling regulation does not affect existing EU rules on the size of eggs: There are four official sizes of eggs: very large (73g and over), large (63g to 73g), medium (53g to 63g), and small (under 53g) - this will not change."
The daily mail rarely prints truths or facts.
Source: http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/06/shock-as-eu-says-you-can-still-buy-12.html
"The European Parliament statement continued:
No ban on eggs by the dozen
Selling eggs by the dozen will not be illegal under the terms of the amendments adopted by the European Parliament to EU food labelling proposals. Labels will still be able to indicate the number of food items in a pack, whether of eggs, bread rolls or fish fingers.
Labelling by weight
Reports that claim the new rules will not allow both the weight and the quantity to be displayed are also wrong. The new food labelling regulation does not affect existing EU rules on the size of eggs: There are four official sizes of eggs: very large (73g and over), large (63g to 73g), medium (53g to 63g), and small (under 53g) - this will not change."
The daily mail rarely prints truths or facts.
Source: http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2010/06/shock-as-eu-says-you-can-still-buy-12.html
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1: Daily Mail usually means badly investigated, fabricated and untrue. They thrive on this rubbish all the time.
2: Here in Italy I've never been confused as to how many eggs I've bought, I hadn't even noticed the carton didn't say how many, basically I looked at the packet and all was clear.
3: The idea that egg producers have to put on the packet how much the eggs weigh is much better for consumers than the number of eggs. Think 6 small eggs versus 6 big eggs. Isn't weight a better bet for those of us wanting to get more for our money?
This reminds me of the whole "we can't call our sausages sausages" scandal (those pesky eurocrats). The sad fact was that The UK can't call sausages objects that have less than a percentage of meat in them. On the continent sausages are for the most part meat, in the UK they could often be anything but.
Just my tuppence worth.
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Paul.
2: Here in Italy I've never been confused as to how many eggs I've bought, I hadn't even noticed the carton didn't say how many, basically I looked at the packet and all was clear.
3: The idea that egg producers have to put on the packet how much the eggs weigh is much better for consumers than the number of eggs. Think 6 small eggs versus 6 big eggs. Isn't weight a better bet for those of us wanting to get more for our money?
This reminds me of the whole "we can't call our sausages sausages" scandal (those pesky eurocrats). The sad fact was that The UK can't call sausages objects that have less than a percentage of meat in them. On the continent sausages are for the most part meat, in the UK they could often be anything but.
Just my tuppence worth.
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Paul.
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2. Fisticup
Cheers!