Requirements are strict: the baguette must be between 55cm and 65cm long, and must weigh between 250g and 300g.

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It is sold in a 250g pouch that costs only a few rand.

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In order to get a single therapeutic dose of bute from horsemeat you'd need to eat 500-600 250g horse burgers.

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Measuring in at just 7.9mm (0.3 inches) thick and weighing a mere 250g (0.55 lbs), the tablet still manages to house a 3, 100mAh battery, and a Snapdragon MSM8960 1.5GHz dual-core processor.

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The fact that she used to give me 250g of sweets each morning going to school from primary school and insisted I ate everything on my plate didn't occur to her that might be the problem.

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