EU drops mooted restaurant ban on olive oil in jugs

Hard pressed to justify a proposition deemed laughable by critics, the European Commission withdrew on Thursday a planned ban on restaurants serving olive oil in jugs on diners’ tables pending consultations with the industry and consumers. European Union Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos took to a regular media podium to perform a U-turn that spawned a string of Twitter gags and reaction, but stuck to his line that restaurateurs are potentially misleading customers by pouring cheap or old oil into containers presented as new.