Ag Council accepts proposal on ‘wonky’ fruit

The ban, which imposed strict marketing standards on 26 types of fruit and vegetables, governing their size and shape, was finally repealed last year, but Spain has called for the rules to be reintroduced.

In addition, when voting on a quality policy report, the European Agriculture Committee failed to support mandatory place of origin labelling, but merely voluntary on a ‘case by case’ basis.

Scottish MEP Alyn Smith, a member of the committee, said it was a great triumph for common sense when the ‘wonky fruit’ rules were swept away last year, and it was ‘worrying’ for the subject to be raised again.

He said more broadly, the vote was a ‘missed opportunity’ to push the case for place of origin labelling. “Instead, the big groups came up with a ‘lowest common denominator’ formula, which is deeply unsatisfying and which will fail to do the job of informing consumers.”

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