The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Bob Evans MSG Recall: Company Pulls More Than 1.5 Million Pounds Of Maple Links And Patties For Mislabeling

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Bob Evans MSG Recall: Company Pulls More Than 1.5 Million Pounds Of Maple Links And Patties For Mislabeling Oct 22nd 2012, 21:13 The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced a recall of more than a million and a half pounds of Bob Evans Maple Links and Maple Patties because the labels failed to list monosodium glutamate -- MSG -- as an ingredient. Columbus, Ohio-based BEF Foods, which produces the products, discovered the problem during an audit of its labeling. The company had removed MSG from the label when it reformulated its products and discontinued the use of a spice blend that contained MSG. However, it became apparent that individual establishments were still using the blend. In total, 1,768,600 pounds of meat have been recalled. MSG is a controversial ingredient that been the subject of considerable backlash in recent decades. The common flavor enhancer, often used in canned foods and historically associated with Chinese restaurants, has been claimed to cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, heart palpitations and other symptoms in some consumers. The Mayo Clinic stresses, however, that "researchers have found no definitive evidence of a link between MSG and these symptoms." Read More... More on Food Safety

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