Worrisome news from Guernsey, the nicest of the Channel Islands:
A MARMITE ban in Denmark has shown what could happen in Guernsey if deputies sign up to EU food supplement legislation, a campaigner has said.
Liz Adams yesterday dressed herself as a jar of Marmite and staged a protest outside the States [Guernsey’s parliament] with fellow campaigners to stop deputies accepting proposals to tie the island into European Union food supplement standards.
Earlier this week, news broke that Denmark had stripped stocks of the yeast extract from its shelves, enforcing a law made in 2004 that restricts products fortified with added vitamins.
Mrs Adams said that in some ways she was pleased Denmark had made the ban as it brought to light what could one day happen to Guernsey.
Weirdly, Marmite ran an ad campaign last year which claimed that a new British political party made up of Marmite Haters was going to “send all Marmite lovers to Guernsey.” I had always assumed that was a joke. Until now.
