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The EU’s infamous “curved banana law” is both real and completely misunderstood

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 09, 2026
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Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 — the infamous “bendy banana law” — really does exist. According to Wikipedia, the 1994 European Union regulation specified that bananas must be “free from malformation or abnormal curvature.” British tabloids had a field day. The EU became synonymous with banana-straightening bure…

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