Robert Sturdy

NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE CRACKING UP WITH EU AFTER ATTEMPT TO BAN A DOZEN EGGS

Brussels 28 June 2010. New legislation being considered by the EU would block shops from selling food by quantity and restrict them to sell by weight only.

The move, if implemented, would see a dozen eggs become a thing of the past.

Conservative MEP Robert Sturdy said that the law would be fought at European council level as the UK currently has a derogation in their food law to allow the labelling of pre-packed foods by number.

It will also come back to the European Parliament where Conservative MEPs will table amendments to have the rule thrown out. 

Speaking today Mr Sturdy said,

“First they tried to ban imperial measures, then bendy fruit and vegetables and now some within the EU are trying to overturn our right to sell groceries by number.

“This plan would mean that each egg box would have to be weighed individually, adding costs to producers who would then inevitably pass them on to the consumer.  At a time when many local people in East Anglia are already struggling to make ends meet the last thing they need is for the price of staples to increase.

“This is the sort of ridiculous law that makes people’s tempers boil.  I can guarantee that Conservative MEPs will be fighting this ridiculous rule when it comes back to the European Parliament at second reading.”