date:Aug 11, 2015
The government of Australia is calling on certain communities to limit the sale of Vegemite, which is being used in illegally making home-made alcohol.
People across certain communities including those where alcohol is banned, are purchasing Vegemite jars in bulk for alcohol making.
The Telegraph reported that a person died in 2010 after consuming high amounts of Vegemite-based homebrew.
Vegemite was first produced in 1922 as an alternative to Marmite.
Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel S