You gotta laugh :-)

[Stivino]

So how do the bannanas come across the sea on a boat from were ever and are just ripe in the shops ready to eat ???

You should have kept that for the quiz page.

 

[conny]

Bananas, fruit, cooked meats, crisps etc are all stored/packaged in nitrogen gas, (not the liquid stuff for obvious reasons), which extends their shelf life. All the air is expelled and nitrogen gas substituted. This prevents mould growth and slows down the metabolism of fruit and veg etc.
Once you open a packet of cooked meat, crisps or pre-packed fruit/veg you expel the nitrogen and introduce air/oxygen. This then begins the action of the deterioration product.
There was once an attempt at growing square tomatoes in moulds. It meant you could pack more into a box with less space wastage. Thankfully it didn't take off.




process

 

[Andydevon]

The regulations AKA standards around bananas were established to protect the EU market for the American producers in the so called banana wars some 15 to 20 years ago. Basically to protect uneconomic producing that couldn't compete with the more efficient large scale farms run by USA companies. These did cover banana curves as well as labelling and other quality issues. The Banana wars ended over a decade ago but still the regulation persist and yes Defra does pay for inspectors to inspect bananas. Inspectors still audit traders and inspect bananas at import to this day.
even though the whole reason for the regulations ended yes over a decade ago.

There is no reason for an EU regulation as the banana trade is the most self regulated in any fresh produce industry. Think more along a factory production of ripening fruit to an exact date to meet projected demand. The regulations were simply an import control to protect the EU market. No the question should be as the need demised at the end of the banana wars and the trade don't use them as they have their own QA approach as part of a wider delivery model why are the trade impacted by a EU regulation?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

The regulations AKA standards around bananas were established to protect the EU market for the American producers in the so called banana wars some 15 to 20 years ago. Basically to protect uneconomic producing that couldn't compete with the more efficient large scale farms run by USA companies. These did cover banana curves as well as labelling and other quality issues. The Banana wars ended over a decade ago but still the regulation persist and yes Defra does pay for inspectors to inspect bananas. Inspectors still audit traders and inspect bananas at import to this day.
even though the whole reason for the regulations ended yes over a decade ago.

There is no reason for an EU regulation as the banana trade is the most self regulated in any fresh produce industry. Think more along a factory production of ripening fruit to an exact date to meet projected demand. The regulations were simply an import control to protect the EU market. No the question should be as the need demised at the end of the banana wars and the trade don't use them as they have their own QA approach as part of a wider delivery model why are the trade impacted by a EU regulation?

You've got a lot of that wrong.

But do you want standards on imported foods or not ?

 

[charliegolf]

Next they'll be saying we can't have blue passports any more.

We don't, they're black. They clucked that up too.

"I'd say it's black," says Stephen Westland, professor of colour science and technology at the University of Leeds. Via BBC

 

[carmanmemoranda]

We don't, they're black. They clucked that up too.

"I'd say it's black," says Stephen Westland, professor of colour science and technology at the University of Leeds. Via BBC

They are made in UK though ? Aren't they ?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Rees mogg when he was a kid, jeez, who cut his hair?

Can't imagine that he was ever a child. Probably came into the world as a young fogey.