‘Pro-Vegemite’: Albanese backs cafe owner as Canada cracks down on iconic spread
‘Pro-Vegemite’: Albanese backs cafe owner as Canada cracks down on iconic spread
www.smh.com.au
Canada Vegemite ban decried by Anthony Albanese amid crackdown
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Leighton Walters, an Australian-Canadian cafe owner, shared his “shock” on Instagram after receiving a letter from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordering him to destroy an $CA8000 ($9132) shipment of Vegemite, and to remove the spread from his menu because it has added B Vitamins.
Absolutely baffling behaviour from the CFIA. What the heck are they thinking?
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They’re thinking that it was vitamin B fortified, which besides being illegal in Canada is also a health risk.
Why not just import regular unfortified Vegemite?
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How id nutritional yeast legal if thats the case, its like fortified Vitamin B central
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Except TFA also says that Marmite is vitamin B fortified and is not banned.
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I mean, they could have just said "it taste like shit" instead. Such a odd taste but every culture has its thing.
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!dull_mens_club@lemmy.world might have something to say about this.
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😂😂😂😂
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I read this headline, thoroughly confused as to why Francesca Albanese would be wasting her time talking about vegemite.
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They wrote this whole article and never got around to telling us exactly what Canadian requirements it doesn't meet. This is why people only read the headlines.
What I read in the article is that they banned it because it had added vitamin B. They're explaining, however, that Marmite wasn't banned even though it also contains added vitamin B.
Lots of things have B vitamins in them, so it seem unclear why that's a problem.
Marmite's always in the baking section around here, with other yeasts and stuff, so I'm not entirely sure what they're selling it as to get it on the shelves at all.
Something about specific B vitamins? Donno, it is a trash article to not be specific.