Link: US bans Vegemite | The Courier-Mail.
Ok, for those of you who don't know what vegemite is, just go ahead and skip this post... but I know that there are some Aussie-phile readers out there, and this post is for you hard core vegemite fans out there.
The US has decided to ban vegemite, and it is no longer imported here. This basically means that thousands of Aussie's have to resort to either a) black market vegemite, or b) marmite as a substitute. Apparently, it's got something to do with US FDA regulations only allowing folate ( a key ingredient in vegemite ) in breads and cereals...
You have to wonder at the stupidity of all of this...
The worst thing is... Vegemite is made by KRAFT, which is an American cie... so it's not really serving any trade barrier purposes either....
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