The spread -- which Barack Obama once called “horrible" -- is banned in some Australian prisons with officials saying it “interferes with narcotic detection dogs.”

Andre McKechnie argues the Vegemite ban in Victoria's jails denies him the right to "enjoy his culture".

MELBOURNE, Australia: A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on prisoners eating Vegemite, claiming in a court suit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread…

The spread -- which Barack Obama once called “horrible" -- is banned in some Australian prisons with officials saying it “interferes with narcotic detection dogs.”

Il condimento noto per il sapore pungente è considerato nel Paese parte dell’identità nazionale sin dagli anni ‘20. Andre McKechnie protesta, mentre le autorit…