Dozen Eggs No More

[HayleyB]

Well whatever the EU says, I'm not weighing my eggs and they WILL be sold in 6s....

[Hilary B]

I think the idea is to kill off our un-metricated market traders, who got round the ban on selling at so much a pound by selling at so much a bowlful. I buy fruit and veg by 'the bowl' quite often. I can see what I am getting, and I know what it will cost me. I don't WANT to know how much a kilo it comes to, or even how many kilos it holds, I just want to pay what I consider a fair price for the goods in front of me!
What next, will cloth be sold according to weight, instead of length?

[Bramble-Poultry]

i hope you all start weighing your eggs - it could soon be law!

EU to ban selling eggs by dozen - Telegraph

[sheena]

Well whatever the EU says, I'm not weighing my eggs and they WILL be sold in 6s....

I'll second that notion!

[squibbs]

I expect once the French farmers get wind of the proposal then it will get knocked on its head. Its a very silly idea.

For us 'farm gate' sellers it won't really be a huge hassle anyway. Put box on scales, press zero, add 6 eggs, write weight on box, sell as usual. Everyone will still get 6 eggs, noone will care about the weight.

[MaureenHall]

I expect once the French farmers get wind of the proposal then it will get knocked on its head. Its a very silly idea.

For us 'farm gate' sellers it won't really be a huge hassle anyway. Put box on scales, press zero, add 6 eggs, write weight on box, sell as usual. Everyone will still get 6 eggs, noone will care about the weight.

Unfortunately if it does happen then it really will be a huge hassle. There'll be the Weights & Measures department on our backs making us have our scales properly calibrated so we're not diddling ourselves or our customers. I'm sure there'll be a way round it though, I'm thinking of selling my eggs "by the each" at a set price and let the customer choose their own

Flippin' bureaucracy!

[julesapple]

I expect once the French farmers get wind of the proposal then it will get knocked on its head. Its a very silly idea.

For us 'farm gate' sellers it won't really be a huge hassle anyway. Put box on scales, press zero, add 6 eggs, write weight on box, sell as usual. Everyone will still get 6 eggs, noone will care about the weight.

The French (Germans, Italians & every other European) will just ignore it. It will only be the doormat UK that actually do it. I swear the EU make these things up to see what preposterous things they can get us to do. Someone, somewhere, will be running a book on it!

Jules

Later added:

I've just found this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...h-Britain.html

[HayleyB]

I think by the 'each' will be considered illegal if it's not weighed, like jules says all other EU countries will ignore it like most EU laws and it'll be our 'jobsworths' in this country that will lay the law down to the nth degree... Look at Elf & Safety for eggsample...

[Hilary B]

I think as long as the total weight is written on the box (and I suspect you could legitimately state 'including box') then nothing else will matter. That's if it actually goes through, which will take at least a year according to the article. (must ask the lady on the market what she thinks of this, and the veg stall which sells assorted friut and veg at £ a bowl.....)