Anyone smuggling Vegemite?

[bravoecho1]

Representative from the FDA was on the radio this morning saying that they haven't banned Vegemite and that they are not searching Australian passengers.

I missed part of the interview but I caught a bit saying that as follic acid was part of vegemite and not an additive it is fine.

 

[coco50]

You know as a side bar to this discussion for a while I couldnt figure out what LOTFAP meant - and I made up my own definition - Land Of The Fat American People - kind of works in this discussion.

@Tiki For me French toast is a savoury dish filled with herbs and pepper and salt with bacon - I just dont understand sweetening it.

I just couldn't believe on my first trip to the LOTFAP in 2000 that they believed in death by doughnut for breakfast, followed up by cholesterol producing, arteriosclerotic other dishes, high in fat and low in everything else. Now, my only son who used not to be seen when he turned side on is living and working in the LOTFAP and has a slightly expanded waistline. Wait until I get him back to beautiful Ballina by the sea at Christmas. Plenty of exercise and good food, followed up by plenty of antioxidants in bottles of good Australian red.

 

[Shano]

The latest spin to this story:

US govt denies it's banned Vegemite

US govt denies it's banned Vegemite


Wednesday Oct 25 06:28 AEST

Australians travelling to the US can breathe easy. So can the 100,000 or so Australian expatriates living in America.
The US government dismissed media reports it had banned Vegemite.
"There is no ban on Vegemite," US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesman Mike Herndon told AAP.
Media reports at the weekend claimed American border officials were confiscating Vegemite from Australians as they entered the US.

The FDA, charged with policing America's food supply, has not issued an "import alert" to border officials to halt the import of Vegemite.
Herndon said the FDA was surprised by the media reports.
The controversy centres on folate, an ingredient in Vegemite.
Under US regulations, folate can be added only to breads and cereals.
"One of the Vitamin B components (in Vegemite) is folate," Herndon explained.
"In and of itself, it's not a violation. If they're adding folate to it, boosting it up, technically it would be a violation.
"But the FDA has not targeted it and I don't think we intend to target Vegemite simply because of that."
Joanna Scott, spokesperson for Vegemite's maker, Kraft, reportedly has said, "The Food and Drug Administration doesn't allow the import of Vegemite simply because the recipe does have the addition of folic acid".
But Herndon said, "Nobody at the FDA has told them (Kraft) there is a ban".
To eradicate any grey areas or potential regulation breaches, Herndon said, Kraft could petition the FDA, something other food manufacturers have done.
While many Aussies living in the US rely on visiting Australian relatives and friends to bring them a jar or two of Vegemite from Australia, the product is available in some US supermarkets.
The price slapped on Vegemite, however, is tough to swallow.
A tiny, four ounce jar of Vegemite sells for around $US4.80 ($A6.33) in US supermarkets.

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[NM]

Wait until I get him back to beautiful Ballina by the sea at Christmas. Plenty of exercise and good food, followed up by plenty of antioxidants in bottles of good Australian red.

And plenty of Vegemite sandwiches too .

 

[coco50]

And plenty of Vegemite sandwiches too .

His sister just borrowed some QFF points from me to travel to the LOTFAP and as I type she is being met at LAX by my son. Geraldine has smuggled tubes of folate enhanced Vegemite to Rodney so they can both enjoy a Vegemite sandwich together as they did when they were little guys.