<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b82f2fe8-97f2-409d-8fcb-9107e21c8852/2A962909-A7D7-4FB1-A3E0-738AA5326921/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews" style="font-size: 11px;">uk.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews"> Bent cucumbers and undersized melons may soon be back on Europe's supermarket shelves as the European Union is set to agree next Wednesday to scrap minimum size and shape standards for fruit and vegetables.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews">Member states will vote on our proposal to get rid of rules preventing the sale of strangely shaped fruits and vegetables," he said. "In these days of high food prices, it makes no sense to throw food away just because it doesn't look right."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews">EU diplomats have said the need for marketing standards has diminished because supermarkets have largely imposed their own standards. However, some major producers, like France, Italy and Spain, are uneasy about the proposed changes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE4A483S20081105?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews"><P>If the 27 national EU experts agree, the rules defining minimum shapes and sizes would be repealed for 26 fruits and vegetables. They include aubergines and apricots, cherries, garlic, leeks, peas, spinach and watermelons.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_7"></SPAN> <P>Ten standards will remain, including those for apples, citrus fruit, peaches, pears and tomatoes</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2A962909-A7D7-4FB1-A3E0-738AA5326921/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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