Is this the end of the British way of life as we know it?
British shoppers will no longer be able to buy eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament.
For the first time, eggs and other products, including oranges and bread rolls, will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet.
Last week, MEPs voted to bring an end to Britain's exemption from the metric policy despite objections from several UK members.
Eggs have traditionally been sold by the dozen or half-dozen because the old imperial measurements such as inches or pennies were calculated in groups of 12. But the new rules, to be introduced next year, mean that instead of packaging telling shoppers a box contains six eggs, it will show the weight in grams of the eggs inside.
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