Only in the USA - Vegemite
Vegemite.... that nasty tasting black stuff? Good! Someone needed to
stop the spread of that stuff. Ugh! http://whatscookingamerica.net/Histo...iteHistory.htm "It's an acquired taste" doesn't even scratch the surface of yuckiness. ```````````````````` On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:58:05 GMT, Craig Welch > wrote: > From news.com.au: > >There's no accounting for taste >October 21, 2006 12:00am Article from: The Sunday Times > >THE US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians >for jars of the spread when they enter the country. > >The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed >illegal under US food laws. > >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. > >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. -- See return address to reply by email |
Only in the USA - Vegemite
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:01:31 GMT, Craig Welch >
wrote: >sf top posted: > >> Vegemite.... that nasty tasting black stuff? Good! Someone needed to >> stop the spread of that stuff. Ugh! > >But it is important to have breakfast, and you seem to be suggesting >that people shouldn't. far from it -- See return address to reply by email |
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