All sorts of stuff showing up on Twitter now. Frick zample, there was this today, supposedly a letter to the Absurder from a Mr Bryan Smalley, presumably in reply to another:
Tim Adam's comment that there is no EU Directive stating that bananas "must be straight" is technically correct but Directive 2257/94 states that it is a criminal offence to sell bananas of "abnormal curvature". Similarly, EU Directive 1677/88 refers to the curvature of cucumbers. There are other Directives on fruit and vegetables.
For example, peaches must not be less that 5.6 cm in diameter between July and October; Class 1 Victoria plums must measure at least 3.5 cm across; carrots that are less than 1.9 cm wide at the thick end are not allowed, except in baby varieties.
Many edible products are likely to be discarded because they fail to meet EU standards which are mostly unnecessary.
For this we pay £350M a week.