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Kipper rules Boris Johnson blamed on EU are actually British, says Brussels
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 19, 2019 09:52pm |
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| Author | Ben Quinn |
| News Date | Thursday, July 18, 2019 11:55:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Claims by Boris Johnson that regulations imposed by “Brussels bureaucrats” were damaging the trade in kippers have been debunked by the European commission, which said that the food safety obligations criticised by him were due to rules set by Britain.
Speaking during the final hustings of the Conservative party’s leadership contest on Wednesday night, Johnson held aloft a plastic-wrapped kipper that had come from a fish smoker on the Isle of Man, who he said was “utterly furious”.
“After decades of sending them through the post like this he has had his costs massively increased by Brussels bureaucrats who are insisting that each kipper must be accompanied by a plastic ice pillow,” said the MP, who added that it had been presented to him by the editor of a national newspaper.
“Pointless, pointless, expensive, environmentally damaging ‘elf and safety’,” Johnson added.
However, the European commission hit back against the claims on Thursday, pointing to British government advice, which stresses that foods that need refrigerating must be kept cool while they are being transported – potentially packed in an insulated box with a coolant gel or in a coolbag. |
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