Contents have only played a small part in Eichwald’s long political career. And he is even more clueless when it comes to food contents. What’s all the more surprising is that the caucus chairman has personally instructed him to put a new traffic light law for groceries in motion. An apple gets a green traffic light symbol, and a bag of chips a red one. In theory, it’s all rather simple. Until, suddenly, 30 of his colleagues from other electoral districts show up at his door, worried about the jobs in their local biscuit, sausage and ice cream factories, as well as several “teensy-weensy” amendments.
