Banana myths

It is time to get lighthearted now.  There are a lot of myths about the EU, which I will attempt to cover in future posts but I feel the need to keep it fun today.  The idea that Brussels has a ban on bendy bananas is one of the EU’s most persistent myths. 

Bananas have always been classified by quality and size for international trade. Because the standards, set by individual governments and the industry, were confusing, the European Commission was asked to draw up new rules.  Thus regulation 2257/94 states that bananas in general should be “free from malformation or abnormal curvature”. Those sold as “extra class” must be perfect, “class 1” can have “slight defects of shape” and “class 2” can have full-scale “defects of shape”.

So now you know. 

For more info see http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/11/boris-johnson-launches-the-vote-leave-battlebus-in-cornwall