US Bans Vegemite

 

The United States has slapped a ban on Vegemite, outraging Australian expatriates there. They couldn't have found a better way to annoy Australian. Except perhaps to call them New Zealanders!

The bizarre crackdown was prompted because Vegemite contains folate, which in the US can be added only to breads and cereals. Expatriates say that enforcement of the ban has been stepped up recently and is ruining lifelong traditions of having Vegemite on toast for breakfast.

It's funny but in the US you can eat super-super-size hamburgers that don't do you much good, but you can't eat something that will.

But then the US is out of step with the rest of the world, with respect to the death penalty, global warming, trade rules, steel, Guantanemo, Iraq and many other things.