Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms
From: leowesson at charter.net (leo)
Date: Tue Oct 24 18:50:31 2006
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aah, to have vegamite someday in the motherland...

leo

On Oct 24, 2006, at 8:31 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

> Vegemite of course: its Australian ;-)
>
>> I didn't realize that but I researched it today and marmite is not
>> vegamite.  So I ask, which is better? (i've only had marmite ...)
>>
>> leo
>>
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2006, at 2:15 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>
>>> 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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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms)
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Message from leowesson at charter.net (leo) ([Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] OT for those concerned with cultural freedoms)