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Market trader forced to bin thousands of kiwi fruits - because the EU says they are ONE MILLIMETRE too small Daily
Mail A wholesaler has been banned from selling a batch of kiwi fruits because EU regulators say they are one millimetre too small. Market trader Tim Down was told his perfectly healthy fruits failed to meet strict European standards for size and weight. Inspectors found some of his stock weighed just 4g less than the minimum EC requirement - and slapped him with a written warning prohibiting their sale.
(Article continues below) The father-of-three, 53, is now stuck with a consignment of 5,000 kiwi fruits which he is forbidden to sell or even give away. It is the latest example of 'barmy' EU laws that have already banished curved cucumbers, straight bananas, skinny carrots and other 'knobbly' vegetables that look less than perfect. Mr Down, a market trader for the past 25 years, today said his family-run firm will lose £1,000 in lost sales because of the ban. Speaking from his stall at the Wholesale Fruit Centre in Bristol, he said: 'It's total nonsense. 'I work hard enough to make a living without all these bureaucrats telling us what we can and can't sell. 'They're saying I'm a criminal for selling this fruit, but the real crime is that all this fruit will go to waste - all because it's one millimetre too small. 'It's a terrible waste particularly when we're all feeling the pinch from rising food prices and I've got to throw away this perfectly good fruit. 'I've been banned from selling them, but also banned from even giving them away - I've got 5,000 kiwis that I can't shift for love nor money.'
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