The baking industry will be relieved to here that the EU has denied reports that a new law would ban the sale of products by number.
New legislation is being drawn up to label all products by weight but this will not prevent the sale of selected goods by the dozen, such as eggs or rolls.
MEP Renate Sommer said: “There will be no changes to selling foods by number. Selling eggs by the dozen, for example, will not be banned.”
The move could have cost bakers significant funds as they would have had to change packaging and purchase advanced weighing equipment.
Tory MEP Syed Kamall said: “In Britain, millions of pounds could be wasted by shops and bakers having to change packaging just to comply with a directive which nobody here asked for or voted for.”
The confusion occurred after MEPs voted against selling goods purely by number – but this will not prevent labels detailing the number as long the weight is also listed.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the baking industry includes: elevators – bucket elevators – valves
