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Default Eurobody decrees eggs to be sold by weight only



"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:48:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
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>> However, I do keep the odd eye out on the prices for eggs sold in the
>> supermarkets (who have to abide by the "rules and regulations"), and
>> the other day I saw some eggs marked as "extra-large" in one of our local
>> stupid markets; label had 59g ea on it. The eggs my chickens lay are
>> generally heavier than that (I just weighed 3 of them - and they were
>> approx. 90g ea on my kitchen scale). They just "look" much bigger in
>> comparison too. So these might qualify to be "Jumbo" eggs - dunno.

>
> I can recall ever seeing AA Jumbo's, don't even know if they exist.
> The jumbo's I notice are A. Maybe restaurants use the bulk of AA, so
> we don't get them in the grocery store. Dunno. I buy AA extra large.


Ewwwwwwwwww think of the poor chickens.......
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