California Proposes to "register" MSG for use on grapes

Thousands of people have severe reactions to MSG.  What is California thinking???
(as always, follows the money trail)

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Subject:   Some people will get MSG reactions to your proposed "registered" pesticide
Date:        Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:14:13 -0500
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Lyndon Hawkins <hawkins@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
          State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
          Integrated Pest Management

Dear Lyndon, I read with interest the following letter: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PESTICIDE REGULATION ­ NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION TO REGISTER A PESTICIDE PRODUCT CONTAINING PROCESSED FREE GLUTAMIC ACID (MSG) FOR USE ON GRAPES.

According to a California Department to Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) Notice of Proposed Decisions to Register Pesticide products published on February 11, 2000, the CDPR proposes to approve the spraying of processed free glutamic acid (MSG) on grapes, including grapes to be used for producing wine.

The product to be approved ( I believe the word is "registered") is called AuxiGro WP Metabolic Primer (AuxiGro), manufactured by Auxein Corporation. AuxiGro contains 29.2% processed free glutamic acid (MSG) that is manufactured by the same methods used to manufacture the processed free glutamic acid (MSG) found in the food ingredient "monosodium glutamate."

Although glutamic acid is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an active ingredient of AuxiGro, glutamic acid is not mentioned in the CDPR Notice.

You can protest the approval (I believe, the word should be "registered".) of glutamic acid to be sprayed on grapes or on crops in any form through March 14, 2000 --

To the CDPR where pesticides are regulated:
Barry Cortex, Chief
Pesticide Registration Branch
Department of Pesticide Regulation
830 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-5624
Phone: (916)445-4000
Email: webmaster@pestreg.cdpr.ca.gov

To the California Department of Food and Agriculture where fertilizers and fungicides are regulated:
Steve Wong, Branch Chief
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Agricultural Commodities and Regulatory Services
1220 N. Street, Room A-472
Sacramento, CA 95814-5621
(916) 654-0574

If you live in California, you can ask your state legislators to intervene on this important issue.

Information about AuxiGro can be found on the Web page of the Truth in Labeling Campaign at http://www.truthinlabeling.org (MSG Sprayed on Growing Fruits and Vegetables; MSG Sprayed on California Grapes / Wines; and MSG Proposed for Spray on Organic Crops and for Use in Organic Food).

Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D.
Jack L. Samuels
1547 Santa Sabina Court
Solana Beach, CA 92075
858-481-9333
adandjack@aol.com

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Well Lyndon, I see that once again you do not feel that it is important for the people of California to have all of the facts regarding your "registered" POISONS. But, are you now ignoring the active ingredients too?

Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten

 

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