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US denies Vegemite ban
News.com.au ^
| October 25, 2006
| From correspondents in Los Angeles
Posted on 10/26/2006 2:51:17 AM PDT by kingu
AUSTRALIANS travelling to the US can breathe easy. So can the 100,000 or so Australian expatriates living in America.
The US government today dismissed media reports it had banned Vegemite.
"There is no ban on Vegemite," US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesman Mike Herndon said.
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.
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: vegemite
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Ooops. Lamestream media blows yet another story.
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posted on
10/26/2006 2:51:19 AM PDT
by
kingu
To: kingu
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posted on
10/26/2006 2:52:32 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
To: kingu
lol Internets. Back to work.
To: kingu
Don't forget, they might take a bottle of water or lipstick away from you as well.
To: kingu
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:03:14 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: proud_yank
To: proud_yank
Something that should be banned!
It's this pasty, nasty spread that Aussies like on their toast. I think it's a yeast extract.
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:06:18 AM PDT
by
dogbyte12
To: kingu
Well, that's a relief. We don't have to commit suicide by declaring war on the US anymore.
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:06:18 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: proud_yank
What is vegemite? It's pretty close to a henway.
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:06:24 AM PDT
by
bad company
([link:www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml | The Path to 9/11])
To: dogbyte12
Yes, it is a yeast extract and yes, it should be banned.
Six years in an Australian boarding school - I could happily never ever see the stuff again.
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:07:12 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: proud_yank
...some very foul shat...folks Down Under eat it like US'ns eat PB&J...On second thought, who's eating the foulest.. :-)
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:07:23 AM PDT
by
Gunny P
(Gunny P)
To: kingu
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:08:35 AM PDT
by
ShadowDancer
(No autopsy, no foul.)
To: naturalman1975
A friend has a theory that the 'ban' was spread by Kraft Foods to increase US sales and cause a run on the product... A lot of folks I personally know did indeed go out and buy some of it, just in case the ban was real. (So it worked!)
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:09:05 AM PDT
by
kingu
(No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
To: dogbyte12; monkapotamus; naturalman1975
Thanks for the info, never heard of it before!
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:10:36 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: bad company
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:10:38 AM PDT
by
Rumple4
To: kingu
We're happy little vegemites
As bright as bright can be We all enjoy our vegemite
For breakfast, lunch and tea
Our mummies say we're growing stronger every single week
Because we love our vegemite
We all adore our vegemite
It puts a rose in every cheek!
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:10:53 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: bad company
Is that similar to a hammerfor?
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:10:56 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: proud_yank
Is that similar to a hammerfor? Yes but never in plaid.;-)
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:11:57 AM PDT
by
bad company
([link:www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml | The Path to 9/11])
To: naturalman1975
To: bad company
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posted on
10/26/2006 3:19:46 AM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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