On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:33:44 -0000, "Gaz" wrote:
>> It depends - what do you think the "straight banana" story was?
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>COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1677/88
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>'be well shaped and practically straight (maximum height of the arc: 10 mm
>per 10 cm of length of the cucumber)'
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>'Slightly crooked cucumbers may have a maximum height of the arc of 20 mm
>per 10 cm of length of the cucumber'
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>This one is about cucumbers........
And? Its a *grading* scheme - where that is the definition of a
top-grade cucumber. We have had such schemes for hundreds of years,
and it's a right PITA if the grading scheme is different from shop to
shop, so one shop's "large T-shirt" is the same as another shop's
"medium T-shirt"
So what do you consider is wrong with having a *standard* definition
for each grade so that a "first grade" cucumber will be the same
quality whether you buy it in Tesco, M&S or the French Riviera?
It doesn't mean you cannot sell cucumbers that don't conform, only
that you cannot describe them as "first grade" cucumbers.
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Cynic
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