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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Path: sparky!uunet!s5!sethb
- From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
- Subject: Re: MSG
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.021548.10571@fid.morgan.com>
- Organization: my opinions only
- References: <1992Jul24.180416.7080@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:15:48 GMT
- Lines: 16
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- In article <1992Jul24.180416.7080@walter.bellcore.com>
- jchen@ctt.bellcore.com writes:
- >In misc.consumers, the discussion should be limited to disclosure of facts.
-
- >In the discussions of MSG, it is clear that there are conflicting facts.
- >On one hand, FDA and many European governments have clinically proven
- >the safty of MSG (the fact I am conveying). On the other hand, some
- >individuals are convinced that they were sickened by MSG.
-
- The FDA never proved the safety of MSG. The FDA accepts MSG as safe
- because it has been in use for a long time (the GRAS - generally
- recognized as safe - list).
-
- Seth sethb@fid.morgan.com
-
- Disclaimer: I eat Chinese food a lot. Sometimes it has MSG.
-