[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Olog-hai.

The European Commissions justification for the ban, under special Common Agriculture Policy regulations, is "hygiene" and to protect the "image of olive oil" with a measure that will benefit struggling industrial producers in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal.

...and will instead result in a benefit to lower-cost producers outside Europe, which is the unwritten intent. What's next, single-serving bottles of wine? That's part of the fight against communicable disease.

[SunkenCiv]

Update and re-ping.

Rule on Serving Olive Oil Stirs Ridicule and Anger in Europe [Google news search]