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Default Australia may limit Vegemite sales

On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 8:52:02 PM UTC-7, graham wrote:
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-33839742
>
> The Australian government is proposing banning the sale of the popular
> Vegemite spread in some communities because it is used to make alcohol.
>
> It says the yeast-based product is contributing to anti-social behaviour
> in some remote communities.
>
> Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion described the salty spread as
> a "precursor to misery".
>
> He said it was being bought in bulk to make moonshine, sometimes being
> brewed in bathtubs.
>
> In communities where alcohol is banned because of addiction problems, Mr
> Scullion said Vegemite sales should also be restricted, the BBC's Jon
> Donnison in Sydney reports.
>
> The minister added that in some cases children were failing to turn up
> to school because they were too hung over, and that Vegemite was an
> increasingly common factor in domestic violence cases.
>
> Vegemite started as a wartime substitute for Marmite.
>
> It is now something of an Australian culinary icon, our correspondent says.


Vegemite was first introduced to market in 1923 -- a bit after Armistice Day.
But the biggest problem is that the yeast in Vegemite is dead Dead DEAD.