European Union's Customs Code Committee.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brickbats - Vegetable tariffs - Brief Article

Here's a zen riddle: How lumpy must a sauce be before it can be called a vegetable? That's the stumper facing the European Union's Customs Code Committee. The E.U.'s current "lump limit" is 20 percent, designed to nab importers who avoid higher tariffs on vegetables by disguising...