[Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

MARMITE IS NOT VEGEMITE ;-)

> Good news - shocking stuff! - whish they'd ban it here where it's called
> Marmite! :-)
>
> Julian Mildren
> (Wet)Plymouth UK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+julian=mildren.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+julian=mildren.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G
> Hopkinson
> Sent: 24 October 2006 05:06
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: [Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms
>
> This shocking news just to hand from AAP
>
> "Authorities probe Vegemite ban reports
> Tuesday Oct 24 13:32 AEST
> Mystified Australian authorities have launched an investigation into
> reports
> Vegemite has been banned from entering the United
> States.
> Supermarkets in the US continue to stock Vegemite and have no plans to
> remove Australia's iconic breakfast spread from their
> shelves.
> Adding to the confusion, a spokesperson from the Australian embassy in
> Washington DC said US officials had recently said they had no
> concerns about Vegemite.
> Weekend media reports, however, described how US customs officers have
> been
> removing jars of Vegemite from travellers' bags as they
> entered America.
>
> "We are aware of reports that US authorities have been seeking to stop
> people from bringing Vegemite into the country," a
> spokesperson from the Australian embassy in Washington DC told AAP.
> "From our perspective there is no food safety issue with Vegemite and we
> had
> been advised recently by US authorities that Vegemite
> was not of concern to them.
> "We are liaising with US authorities to determine whether the media
> reports
> are accurate."
> The ban was reportedly due to Vegemite containing folate, which America's
> Food and Drug Administration only allows to be added to
> bread and cereals.
> FDA officials did not return phone calls.
> American supermarkets such as Bristol Farms and Whole Foods were selling
> Vegemite in their stores on Tuesday.
> Nearly 100,000 Australians and New Zealanders live in the United States.
> Vegemite is made in Australia by US-based Kraft Foods Inc."
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
>
>
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