And You Thought the Metric System Was Crazy

The European Union has my soon legislation to stop grocers from selling packages based on units in favor of weight-based measures. “It would mean an end to packaging descriptions such as eggs by the dozen, four-packs of apples, six bread rolls or boxes of 12 fish fingers,” frets the Telegraph. Trade paper The Grocer says the language was likely a legislative oversight (previously there were loopholes for each country) but, “When food industry lobbyists tried to rectify the omission with an amendment, after it was discovered in the 174 pages of amendments to the initial 75-page proposal, there was not enough time to convince members of its importance before the crucial vote.

It’s somewhat reassuring to see how non-competent other governments can be.