Canada bans Marmite

[Richard Farrant]

Lynn,
Bovril, although similar appearance, is actually a meat extract, it is in the name, "bovine". Marmite if I recall is a yeast by-product of the brewing industry. With out looking it up to check, I believe it was exported to Australia but during WW1 the supply stopped and hence how Vegemite came in to being to fill the gap.
Off to the supermarket now to ask why they do not stock Vegemite anymore

[Lynn Eades]

Richard, as rural kids the rumour machine had us all believing that Marmite and Vegemite were made from dead cows hooves. The dead cow truck used to come and pick up the blown up dead cows from the farm gates I don't think it put any of us off. Nowadays the reality of what is truly in processed food is much more scary.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Marmite if I recall is a yeast by-product of the brewing industry. With out looking it up to check, I believe it was exported to Australia but during WW1 the supply stopped and hence how Vegemite came in to being to fill the gap.

Correct re Marmite Richard, very close re Vegemite but there was actually an earlier product here:

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[Darrell Zinck]

Marmite and Irn-Bru are not banned in Canada, agency says

British expats, you can relax. The Scottish soft drink favourite Irn-Bru and iconic spread Marmite are not banned for sale in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency clarified Saturday, after a shopkeeper made headlines in the U.K., claiming he had been ordered to stop selling the popular British products.

“These products have been available on Canadian store shelves for more than a decade and will continue to be sold in stores across Canada,” the CFIA said in a statement released Saturday.

“Recently, a shipment containing a number of products imported from the U.K. was detained in the course of regular border activities because it contained meat products that were not accompanied by the required documentation.”


The statement goes on to say that the rejected shipment contained other products, including the bright-orange, caffeinated soft drink Irn-Bru described as Scotland's "other national drink" and Marmite, a traditional British spread, made from brewer’s yeast.

Tony Badger of Brit Foods, a company that runs stores specializing in British products in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, made headlines in the U.K. after claiming inspectors were cracking down on products sold at his stores, including Marmite, Irn-Bru, Bovril, Ovaltine and more because they fell afoul of the CFIA.

Badger claimed he couldn't import the British specialty products into Canada because they were are all apparently enriched with too many vitamins and minerals.

British press were aghast at the news, with The Mirror claiming, "Canada is a country where there are 31 guns for every hundred people, they hunt seals and black bears roam freely," before concluding Canada isn't really that "tough-skinned."

The Independent newspaper took a similar approach, saying that "In Canada it is perfectly legal to acquire a firearm and bullets. But Marmite and Irn-Bru are apparently a threat to the nation's health."

But the CFIA said Friday that the Brit Foods shipment was rejected at the border in Montreal because it contained meat products that were not accompanied by the required documentation.

Ahh, the Mirror....now I see.

Well then, I should say that Brits are in-efficient at paperwork!!

regards
Darrell

[David Dunlop]

Since the topic is foodstuffs disappearing from store shelves in Canada, a Ginger Spread and a Rosella Jelly used to be available at local Safeway stores for many years, but both have been unavailable for a while now. I think both were made in or near Maroochydore Australia and I think my Mum visited the factory while visiting relatives in the area back in the 70's. Ribena blackcurrant concentrate is another item getting harder to find as well.


David

[motto]

Ribena copped a real hammering here a couple of years back as most of their claims for their product turned out to be false. I think a young university student took a look at their juice and discovered the truth, the word got out and the media picked up on it.
Ginger Spread and Rosella Jelly I've not heard of but in the past it was not unusual for Australian products to be made for export only and not available locally.
Also many products were available in their state of origin only as regards local markets. Maroochydore is over 1,000 miles from here in southern Queensland and maybe the Banana Benders know of the brands mentioned ay?

David

[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Since the topic is foodstuffs disappearing from store shelves in Canada, a Ginger Spread and a Rosella Jelly used to be available at local Safeway stores for many years, but both have been unavailable for a while now. I think both were made in or near Maroochydore Australia and I think my Mum visited the factory while visiting relatives in the area back in the 70's. Ribena blackcurrant concentrate is another item getting harder to find as well.


David

If you're talking about Rosella Brand preservatives Jam in Oz Jelly in Nth America, the company started by the Moran and Cato supermarket chain was bought out by the soap multinational Unilever and as usual only agreed to produce the products for five years. That period lapsed and so did manufacturing of Rosella products including the famous Rosella tomato sauce (ketchup).



I believe the brand has been sold and manufacturing of some products recommenced.

There are also boutique products called rosella jam because of the ingrediants, which doesn't include the parrot species Psittacus elegans or Crimson Rosella in the recipe.

BTW: the US banned the import of Vegemite some years ago because of the salt content, however the ban was lifted shortly after because the usual serving is minimal and not the lashings that Americans are used to with spreads. You tend to find that while Marmite and Vegimite are similar people are either in the Marmite camp or the Vegimite one, I'm happy to say I'm a Vegemite Kid!

[Lynn Eades]

On a web site (About Australia) it seems Marmite is Australia's original yeast spread.
this is what a jar looks like down our way.
We all know what Kraft (c.r.a.f.t.) stands for..... Right???

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

British press were aghast at the news, with The Mirror claiming, "Canada is a country where there are 31 guns for every hundred people, they hunt seals and black bears roam freely," before concluding Canada isn't really that "tough-skinned."

It's not as bad as the mirror makes it out to be. I have approximately twice that many guns, so that means there are possibly 198 people here who have no guns at all. I don't know any of them, but they could exist.

As to the black bears roaming freely, that part is 100% true. But I would take black bears (a minor threat that you can see) over the less visible threats like poisonous spiders and snakes.

[Darrell Zinck]

Originally Posted by rob love

It's not as bad as the mirror makes it out to be. I have approximately twice that many guns, so that means there are possibly 198 people here who have no guns at all. I don't know any of them, but they could exist.

As to the black bears roaming freely, that part is 100% true. But I would take black bears (a minor threat that you can see) over the less visible threats like poisonous spiders and snakes.

Hi Rob



...and thanks to those selfsame Brits, we don't hunt seals much anymore!

I wonder if the same Scots would import Flipper Pie?

regards
Darrell

[servicepub (RIP)]

Is there any truth to the rumour that Britain was prepared to retaliate by banning poutine?