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Warning against Vegemite homebrew

Australia鈥檚 indigenous affairs minister warned yesterday about the use of popular spread Vegemite to make homebrew liquor in remote communities where alcohol is banned, describing it as a 鈥減recursor to misery.鈥

The yeast extract spread is an Australian icon and similar to its British cousin Marmite.

But in some remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory where liquor is banned to stem alcohol-related problems, minister Nigel Scullion had heard of Vegemite being used to concoct homebrew, his spokeswoman said.

鈥淎ddiction of any type is a concern but communities, especially where alcohol is banned, must work to ensure home-brewing of this type does not occur,鈥 Scullion said in a statement.

鈥淏usinesses in these communities also have a responsibility to report any purchase that may raise their own suspicions.鈥

He added to The Sunday Mail newspaper in Brisbane that the homebrew was a 鈥減recursor to misery鈥 and children in some communities had missed school as they were too hungover.

The Mail said Vegemite was being made into alcohol in bathtubs in backyards.

The minister stopped short, however, of placing restrictions or bans on the sale of the spread or other yeast-based products in such communities.


 

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