An “absurd” EU regulation on bendy bananas will be scrapped, the Environment Secretary has announced.
In her keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference, Therese Coffey said it is not for the Government to decide “the shape of bananas you want to eat”.
Ms Coffey told the Exchange Hall at the Manchester Central Convention Complex: “We are going further to help farmers and rural businesses by making the most of our Brexit freedoms, freedom from European rules, freedom to choose what works best for Britain.
“We’ve already legislated to allow gene editing so that we can design crops that are fit for the future.
“My officials are cutting red tape and introducing smarter regulation, and, frankly, bent or straight, it’s not for Government to decide the shape of bananas you want to eat.
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