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They scrapped it actually but this law used to be the main example for overbearing EU bureaucracy

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2008/no...

He actual regulation said that you had to classify them based on their characteristics. If I wanted a straight cucumber and I ordered one I would get one. If I was happy with a bendy one then I’d simply order an “any shaped” one.

I don’t see a problem woth mandating truth in advertising.

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