Wow thats crazy and scary, Nancy
How do you feel about NY State raising taxes on only NON diet sodas?
I think MSG is one of those things that was never NEEDED in the first place. For example, I dont even keep table salt handy because I never salt anything. It's purely an aquired taste, and as a child I would knock my mothers hand away whenever she tried to salt my food. One time dumping all of my sweet corn onto her plate after she'd salted it to HER elevated grown up taste, lol. Headstrong kid, but it saved me from eating a ton of 100% unnecessary salt didnt it?
Same with MSG.. it's not needed, so it should never be in anything. Unfortunately in the US, the FDA is not in the business of keeping only "good for you" foods on our tables.. it's function is to keep the "we're sure it'll kill you" foods off the table.. so we're on our own with this.