In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

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writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for bananas
are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.
--
Ian

On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:50:18 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for bananas
are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

Yup, we call them 'unhealthy gamblers'. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for bananas
are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

More likely never do the shopping themselves. But still, of course, have
an opinion about it.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:21:45 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for bananas
are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

More likely never do the shopping themselves. But still, of course, have
an opinion about it.

Or it could be the exact opposite, where you want all products to be uniform.
eg. The sort that only buy large eggs, forgetting that other size eggs are laid too, but they want their one simple size for all.

In message ,
whisky-dave writes
On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:21:45 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations on
classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of malformations,
damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not, so the market will
dictate price based upon quality without specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie, class 1,2
or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for bananas
are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

More likely never do the shopping themselves. But still, of course, have
an opinion about it.

Or it could be the exact opposite, where you want all products to be uniform.
eg. The sort that only buy large eggs, forgetting that other size eggs
are laid too, but they want their one simple size for all.

You obviously have some very strange ideas about standardization, and
absolutely no understanding of how it works. Are you really sure you buy
your own bananas and eggs, or do you rely on someone else to do it for
you?
--
Ian

In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:21:45 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations
on classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of
malformations, damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not,
so the market will dictate price based upon quality without
specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie,
class 1,2 or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a
mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for
bananas are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

More likely never do the shopping themselves. But still, of course,
have an opinion about it.

Or it could be the exact opposite, where you want all products to be
uniform. eg. The sort that only buy large eggs, forgetting that other
size eggs are laid too, but they want their one simple size for all.

Why would you not want to pay by weight etc for fresh produce?

I'm sure some would be pleased to have rotten eggs on offer, though.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16:38:08 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:21:45 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Steve Walker wrote:
Food safety needs to be protected, but why do we need regulations
on classifying bananas based on size, appearance, lack of
malformations, damage, etc.? People will either buy them or not,
so the market will dictate price based upon quality without
specific regulation.

I'd rather buy a pack of anything knowing what I'm getting. Ie,
class 1,2 or 3 etc. Rather than discover at home that it is a
mixture of all three.

I guess that those who argue against the need for standards for
bananas are probably the sort of people who don't ever buy any.

More likely never do the shopping themselves. But still, of course,
have an opinion about it.

Or it could be the exact opposite, where you want all products to be
uniform. eg. The sort that only buy large eggs, forgetting that other
size eggs are laid too, but they want their one simple size for all.

Why would you not want to pay by weight etc for fresh produce?

Are eggs fresh produce ?


I'm sure some would be pleased to have rotten eggs on offer, though.

Yes handy as it's coming up to canvasing time for the GE :-)

How would you tell a rotten egg from a fresh one ?


Do you know how an egg becomes not fresh anymore or at what point you wouldn't eat it.

I;ve been running a test where I have left an egg in a kitchen cupboard for coming up to 2 years now and have been recording it's weight.
Did the same and left one in the fridge which I started 3 months later unfortunantly.

On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:46:01 +0000, Ian Jackson
wrote:

snips

You obviously have some very strange ideas

Ain't that the truth. ;-)

Cheers, T i m