Allow bendy bananas and wonky carrots to be sold same as straight fruit and veg

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 of 16 September 1994 laying down quality standards for bananas, also known informally as bendy banana law, is a European Union regulation specifying classification standards for bananas (source Wikipedia)

We need to now start taking back our own laws of the land now we have voted to leave the EU we should be able to buy and farmers sell bendy bananas and wonky carrots etc farmers will have greater saleable produce and in turn boost their profitability there is no reason not to sell and it made meal times fun for children they will enjoy slightly different shaped fruit and veg widen their diet and make the price of fruit and veg cheaper

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Commission Regulation 2257/94 identifies certain restrictions for fruits that producers have to conform to in order to classify their produce within the EU. Class 1 bananas can have "slight defects of shape" and Class 2 bananas can have any "defects of shape".

Bendy bananas are not banned by the EU. They can already be sold freely in the UK as Class 2 bananas. It is the retailer's individual choice whether or not to stock Class 2 bananas. The Government cannot force retailers to do this. It is their own commercial decision.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
29 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Jun 2016

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