France bans unprocessed fruit and vegetables packaged in plastic

Fruits

Vegetables

France

Published Jun 30, 2023

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French law has banned the retail sale of fresh fruit and vegetables in plastic, with an updated list of exceptions coming into effect on July 1. The new legislation includes products that were previously excluded, such as certain types of tomatoes and onions. The ban officially starts on July 1, 2023, but non-exempt products can be sold in plastic packaging until December 31, 2023 to use up existing stock. The European Commission has been pushing for a ban on disposable packaging, and steps have also been taken in the Netherlands to reduce plastic in the produce section.

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French law has banned the retail sale of fresh fruit and vegetables in plastic since January 1, 2022. This ban will come into force again on July 1, but with an updated list of exceptions. Products that were excluded in the past are now covered by the legislation. These are ribbed and elongated tomatoes from the 'heart segment', cherry or cocktail tomatoes, early onions and turnips, Brussels sprouts, green beans, grapes, peaches, nectarines and apricots. Products that are also exempt in the new law are endive, asparagus, broccoli, mushrooms, early potatoes and carrots, baby carrots, lettuce and lamb's lettuce, young shoots, aromatic herbs, spinach, sorrel, edible flowers, bean sprouts, cherries, lingon, gooseberries and cranberries, sprouted seeds, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, elderberries, mulberries and red and black currants and kiwi. Ripe fruit is also exempt from the ban on sale in plastic packaging. The ban officially enters into force on July 1, ...

Source: Nieuwe Oogst