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EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5:52PM BST 17 May 2013 | Bruno Waterfield

Posted on 05/17/2013 9:57:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The European Union is to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables in a move described by one of Britain’s top cooks as authoritarian and damaging to artisan food makers.

The small glass jugs filled with green- or gold-colored extra virgin olive oil are familiar and traditional for restaurant goers across Europe, but they will be banned from 1 January 2014 after a decision taken in an obscure Brussels committee earlier this week.

From next year, olive oil “presented at a restaurant table” must be in prepackaged factory bottles with a tamper-proof dispensing nozzle and labeling in line with EU industrial standards. …

The European Commissions justification for the ban, under special Common Agriculture Policy regulations, is “hygiene” and to protect the “image of olive oil” with a measure that will benefit struggling industrial producers in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal. …

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To: Veggie Todd

More “shiny things” to distract the population from the real issues. Just like here in the US. Ain’t socialism great?


21 posted on 05/18/2013 3:49:29 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (AR-10s & AR-15s are the Muskets of the 21st Century. Free men need not ask permission.)
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To: golux

Thanks for the tip, I’m part Italian, and I always bought the stuff from the old country. What kind of olive oil brand do you recomend?


22 posted on 05/18/2013 5:42:20 AM PDT by erod (I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
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To: Olog-hai
"The European Commissions justification for the ban...is "hygiene" and to protect the "image of olive oil" with a measure that will benefit struggling industrial producers in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal."

Anybody who believes that's the real reason is a moron.

23 posted on 05/18/2013 5:47:21 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: Olog-hai
Did they amend the EU Constitution for this?

Decadent Europeans LOVE GOVERNMENT and MICROMANAGEMENT and REGULATIONS.

They HATE liberty.

24 posted on 05/18/2013 5:51:28 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The forces of decadence are the forces of evil.)
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To: laplata
"What was the reaction of the crowd?"

They bleated like sheep and went back to grazing.

25 posted on 05/18/2013 5:51:45 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.
The European Commissions justification for the ban, under special Common Agriculture Policy regulations, is "hygiene" and to protect the "image of olive oil" with a measure that will benefit struggling industrial producers in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal.
...and will instead result in a benefit to lower-cost producers outside Europe, which is the unwritten intent. What's next, single-serving bottles of wine? That's part of the fight against communicable disease.


26 posted on 05/18/2013 5:52:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: jonrick46

FWIW, they’re not banning oil and vinegar on the table - just regulating how it’s presented. Micromanaging bastards.


27 posted on 05/18/2013 5:56:22 AM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: Olog-hai

Some time ago the EU issued a set of regulations specifying the required dimensions,including the angle of curvature,of bananas.


28 posted on 05/18/2013 6:02:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: Olog-hai

People running the EU are totally nuts, just like the Obama administration in the US! ....England is about to bail out of the EU and other countries there should do so as well, because the EU has failed in so many ways and driven member countries into financial ruin with ridiculous regulations from a bunch of stupid people in Brussels.


29 posted on 05/18/2013 6:03:22 AM PDT by octex
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To: Olog-hai

One comment: UKIP (look it up).


30 posted on 05/18/2013 6:28:13 AM PDT by BobL (To us it's a game, to them it's personal - therefore they win.)
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To: Olog-hai

I bet olive oil somehow offends Muslims.


31 posted on 05/18/2013 6:39:21 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: erod

I’ll leave it to you, because availability of the good stuff really varies by location.

Here are some helpful articles:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/04/olive-oil-real-thing

http://ideas.time.com/2013/05/17/forget-the-irs-theres-an-olive-oil-scandal-afoot/?iid=tsmodule

Rule 1: you get what you pay for ! There is no such thing as “a killer deal” on “fresh healthy pure tasty” olive oil. The good stuff costs a LOT more to produce than Wesson!


32 posted on 05/18/2013 7:17:55 AM PDT by golux
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To: Mad Dawgg

“What was the reaction of the crowd?”

They bleated like sheep and went back to grazing.


That’s an excellent way to put it. Yep, a very good way to put it.


33 posted on 05/18/2013 9:15:59 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: Daffynition

Now that was funny! Thanks for the laugh!


34 posted on 05/18/2013 9:28:15 AM PDT by Bob Mc
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To: golux

Thanks! :)


35 posted on 05/18/2013 9:54:32 AM PDT by erod (I'm a Chicagoan till Chicago ends...)
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To: Olog-hai

Interesting. Still it had to be voted on originally didn’t it? Seems the evil nature of human kind longs to be slaves.


36 posted on 05/18/2013 11:59:40 AM PDT by vpintheak (We are the chosen few! Be thankful for it!)
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To: vpintheak

No, it did not have to be voted on originally. Just like the treaties, all of the other aspects of the EU were pushed on the people by the politicians.

A lot of people in the EU don’t even understand the nature of the central government in Brussels. They’ve been lied to so long that they can’t tell lie from truth.


37 posted on 05/18/2013 12:19:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Gay State Conservative

Not just bananas; many other fruits and vegetables they tried to dictate the size and shape of as well.

Remember the time that they tried to monopolize regional names, e.g. Bordeaux wine, Cheddar cheese and suchlike?


38 posted on 05/18/2013 12:21:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Mad Dawgg

The people get ignored in the EU, rather like what happened in the USSR. The media does not cover it.


39 posted on 05/18/2013 12:22:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Daffynition

Ha ha!


40 posted on 05/18/2013 12:26:09 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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