even for next summer, be warned that according to EU regulations it is illegal
to sell jam, marmalade or chutney in re-used jars.
Regardless of how clean or sterilized they were before, it is still illegal and
the penalty is a Β£5,000 fine or six months in prison.
This is not a spoof, it is genuine.
http://bloggers4ukip.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/eu-bans-homemade-jam.html
It may be that this is one more law passed up there in Brussels by lobbyists in
the jam business who want to outlaw all home produce. Whatever the reason, it
is now the law and I am not kidding.