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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Overturn the forthcoming EU ban on serving "opened" olive oil in restaurants

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The EU has apparently determined that from January 2014 restaurants will no longer be allowed to serve olive oil in open bottles, dipping bowls etc.

For hygiene reasons, they will insist that olive oil is served in sealed bottles. Clearly the smaller artisanal producers will be unable to carry out such an expensive process, and it will only benefit the larger, industrial producers.

This takes away the rights of the consumer and restaurant to choose for themselves.

I propose that we overturn the ban.

For further background please read this article http://soa.li/4CloNBd

This petition was rejected

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