No Vegemite for you!
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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. The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
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Michael Dunn wrote:
The US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country.
This is where common sense would kick in for the enforcers (wishful thinking I know). I'd like to think no judge in their right mind would send someone to jail over something this stupid.
From news.com.au:
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."
Ok, that doesn't make sense. We allow orange juice. Either she's an idiot (or the news article's author for not saying what makes this a big deal), or I smell a conspiracy in the making. :-D
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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. The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite has been deemed illegal under US food laws.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I flew into the States yesterday and they never searched my bags or asked about vegemite. However, they did confiscate my half drunk see-through bottle of bottled water. The security was fully aware of how ludicrous it was with a stern "ooh - dangerous stuff that. I'm going to have to confiscate" and a big grin.
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Wow - I almost brought some over, too. But, I thought there were places you could buy it here ?
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I've never seen in it stores here. In fact, I only know of its existence because of CP ;)
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
That stuff is nasty.
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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I've never seen in it stores here. In fact, I only know of its existence because of CP ;)
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Phew, luckily I had a compatriot deliver a large enough supply to last me until I visit home again at the end of the year. But you can buy Vegemite here at Costplus World Market. Although I only found the tiny 2oz jars.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
US food laws
And this, from the country in which President Reagan tried to have ketchup qualify as a vegetable. Food laws, indeed. Marc
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People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithYeah when everyone knows ketchup is a fruit. Also, Reagan was a Republican. Vegemite is dangerous to bring into the country because it's raw produce, and therefore subject to quarantine at customs. I think that's the real issue here, not that it's freekin nasty, which it is...
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Until they've had time to train their sniffer dogs, I'd say there's a good chance you could smuggle it in; just put in a marmite jar (it's not like they would dare do a taste-test.. as if they'd know the difference anyway) :-D
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I guess that Marmite is BANNED as well, looking at the label, It also contains vitamins B, namily folate, so smuggling Vegimite in a Marmite jar may not work, It's just government trying to FORCE people to eat the right foods! So what ever happened to freedom of choice????
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hahah, so strange, I live in OZ and I looooooove Vegemite. Our most popular Vegemite brand here is made by an American Company (Kraft) :laugh:
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
At least they're not taking away our pancake and sausage on a stick![^]
Michael Dunn wrote:
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.
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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So they're safe from terrorists carrying Vegemite? Sorry, I couldn't resist this point about the home of the corn dog.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
We're all gunna die of malnutrition if we keep letting the lawyers, advertisers and corporate giants run the place. Pass me another cholesterol burger
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At least they're not taking away our pancake and sausage on a stick![^]
Michael Dunn wrote:
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.
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
Did you see that on The Daily Show like I did? ;)
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
As an Australian, I take umbrage at this vicious act of oppression by the U.S. Australia is a part of the "Coalition of the Willing" . I call on them to immediately change sides in Iraq and to arm every iraqi man, woman and child with large bottles of vegemite to use against the yanks!! Rod.
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Did you see that on The Daily Show like I did? ;)
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
yep. :)
m.bergman
-- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
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I guess that Marmite is BANNED as well, looking at the label, It also contains vitamins B, namily folate, so smuggling Vegimite in a Marmite jar may not work, It's just government trying to FORCE people to eat the right foods! So what ever happened to freedom of choice????
>It's just government trying to FORCE people to eat the right foods! right foods should be in quotation marks because it refers to an opinion of what is a "right food". I'm still mad about the vegemite ban. All u.s. citizens entering Australia should have to eat the contents of a jar of vegemite at customs before being let through!
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>It's just government trying to FORCE people to eat the right foods! right foods should be in quotation marks because it refers to an opinion of what is a "right food". I'm still mad about the vegemite ban. All u.s. citizens entering Australia should have to eat the contents of a jar of vegemite at customs before being let through!
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
The vegemite issue is on all the morning news shows in OZ at the moment. Kraft may even release a US kosher version without the folate. The folate is in the bread anyway. I wonder now if Promite might get a chance to make itself better known in the US. It's a very similar product but tastes much better than vegemite.:laugh:
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20623973-2,00.html[^] http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,23739,20620744-953,00.html[^]
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.
Score one more for our legal system! *thumbs up* :rolleyes:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
What??? Don't like the 'ol Vegemite??? Fantastic stuff. I'm actually munching on a bread roll with a generous dollop as I write this missive. The world not be the same without it! I suppose the States would resort to this sort of thing just after a so called "free trade" agreement has been signed with us Aussies.
Peter Hayward Ngarkat Technologies South Australia,