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Default Only in the USA - Vegemite

denise~* wrote:
> Not according to snopes
> http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/vegemite.asp
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Well, that's a relief, I must say! I was worried that we might have to
commence hostilities, boycott American products and that sort of thing...

Christine
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> Craig Welch wrote:
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>> From news.com.au:
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>> There's no accounting for taste
>> October 21, 2006 12:00am Article from: The Sunday Times
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>> THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians
>> for jars of the spread when they enter the country.
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>> The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed
>> illegal under US food laws.
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>> The great Aussie icon - faithfully carried around the world by
>> travellers from downunder - contains folate, which under a technicality,
>> America allows to be added only to breads and cereals.
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>> Australian expatriates in the US said enforcement of the ban had been
>> gradually stepped up and was now ruining lifelong traditions of Vegemite
>> on toast for breakfast.
>>
>> Kraft spokeswoman Joanna Scott said: "The (US) Food and Drug
>> Administration doesn't allow the import of Vegemite simply because the
>> recipe does have the addition of folic acid."
>>
>> The US was "a minor market'' for Vegemite, she said.
>>
>> --
>> Craig
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