Restaurants would have small bottles of Olive oil and vinegar for their diner’s salad. This gave the diner control on how much tartness he wanted his salad dressing of oil and vinegar. The EU is messing with a tradition the diners will resent. I hope the backlash from this dictate leaves the EU with egg on their faces.
FWIW, they’re not banning oil and vinegar on the table - just regulating how it’s presented. Micromanaging bastards.
I can see connoisseurs fixing the mixture to meet their own expectations ~ with bread crumbs, pieces of cheese, olive chunks ~ all in there, ready to go just like the good old days. They show up to dine, have the maître'd take their bottle out of storage, and set it on the table. The rest is up to the customer!
No doubt this will be confusing to everyone but Souvrn'rs on vacation.