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The bowl of olive oil will live to see another day (Photo: Alpha)

EU retreats from olive oil ban after wave of ridicule

by Honor Mahony, Brussels,

The European Commission has been forced to beat a hasty retreat from a proposed ban on jugs of olive oil in restaurants after the idea met with widespread ridicule.

Barely a week after it was announced for "hygiene" and "consumer protection" purposes, the EU commissioner in charge, Dacian Ciolos, rushed to the same press room on Thursday (23 May) to announce he was withdrawing the measure.

Referring to the "quite strong reactions," Ciolos said he had decided to "not submit it for...

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The bowl of olive oil will live to see another day (Photo: Alpha)

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