The EU never banned bananas based on shape. It’s a myth

Oh, I thought they made it, but it was something the banana industry requested to have standards for trade.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/11/boris-johns...

I always thought "journalists" whipping up outage over something the regulated industry requested(!) should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. This kind of "reporting" was probably a contributing factor in anti-EU sentiment and ultimately Brexit.

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Reference: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/en/news-and-pre...