IP: Fw: A tidbit for those who LOVE government regulations

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

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From: "John Fulton" <jfulton () westcapital com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:06:52 
To: "David Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: A tidbit for those who LOVE government regulations

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-2002015869,00.html

The Times of London
THURSDAY JANUARY 10 2002

Brussels can like it or lump it on sauce

FROM MARTIN FLETCHER IN BRUSSELS

...A spectacularly obscure EU body will meet in Brussels today to decide
just how many lumps a sauce can contain before it ceases to be classified as
a sauce and is regarded officially as a vegetable...

...The EU’s maximum “lump limit” is currently set at 20 per cent. This was
originated to stop importers avoiding high tariffs on vegetables by
disguising them as sauces.

Regulation 288/97 states: “The expression ‘sauce’ does not cover a
preparation of vegetables, fruit or other edible plants if the percentage of
those ingredients passing through a metal wire sieve with an aperture of
five millimetres is, after rinsing in water of a temperature of 20C, less
than 80 per cent by weight calculated on the original preparation.” Put
simply, that means that a tinned sauce does not qualify as a sauce if it is
more than one-fifth lumps...



(Sent from Dave's Blackberry.)

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