EU takes fat out of fire: Belgian fries are out of danger
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission wants all Belgians, and the world at large, to know: your famous fries are safe.
A regional Belgian minister had alarmed the nation with warnings that — sacrilege! — the EU would force fries to be blanched before they hit the fat to remove a cancer-causing element as much as possible.
When EU plans were made public four years ago to ban the refillable olive oil jugs from restaurant tables and only allow non-refillable bottles, it was the proverbial drop that broke the jar of excessive legislation which meddles in people's lives.
Since EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker came to power on a mandate to cut red tape and "be big on big things and small on small things."