Sean Martin
May 24th, 2006, 12:02 PM
It's all gone bananas
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Furious market traders in High Wycombe have hit out at European plans that will stop them selling their produce in pounds and ounces or be slapped with a £5,000 fine.
Law makers in Brussels want to see imperial measurements banned from market stalls in Britain to come in line with the rest of Europe.
The move, which comes into effect in 2010, will see pounds replaced by kilograms on every sign selling bananas, potatoes and carrots.
Anyone caught even mentioning the price of their fruit or veg by the pound could be made to pay.
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/roundup/display.var.767965.0.its_all_gone_bananas.php
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/561/81/200/1kg.jpg
Furious market traders in High Wycombe have hit out at European plans that will stop them selling their produce in pounds and ounces or be slapped with a £5,000 fine.
Law makers in Brussels want to see imperial measurements banned from market stalls in Britain to come in line with the rest of Europe.
The move, which comes into effect in 2010, will see pounds replaced by kilograms on every sign selling bananas, potatoes and carrots.
Anyone caught even mentioning the price of their fruit or veg by the pound could be made to pay.
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/roundup/display.var.767965.0.its_all_gone_bananas.php