Veg debate gets ugly
Published Date:
21 November 2008
How encouraging to see Michael Conn (Letters, 18 November) welcoming a decision by the European Commission. The scrapping of 20-year-old regulations on many fruits and vegetables – originally introduced to ensure like-for-like comparisons across the European market – is a sensible recognition that the world has moved on (your report, 13 November).
Mr Conn is unlikely to see much of a difference in the shops, since the main reason for withdrawing the standards is that supermarkets and wholesalers now impose much stricter rules on suppliers. For whatever reason, consumers prefer pretty carrots to ugly carrots, and, as before, the ones that don't make it will end up in the soup.
JOHN BRAND
Braid Mount Crest
Edinburgh
The full article contains 122 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
20 November 2008 8:49 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
