http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html
There's no accounting for taste
October 21, 2006 12:00am
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.
Banned because it contains folic acid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folic_acid)?
Originally posted by XanthosNZSo much for free market economics!
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html
There's no accounting for taste
October 21, 2006 12:00am
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 ic ...[text shortened]... aid.
Banned because it contains folic acid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folic_acid)?
Originally posted by RedmikeI love the smell of Irn Bru in the morning.
They banned Irn Bru, the Scottish soft drink.
Not because it contained anything they didn't like, but because the manufacturers wouldn't divulge their 'secret' ingredients.
All over the US, there are hangovers going untreated now.
I thought it was made from girders.