Harmless’
Governments and universities in several Western countries, including the United States, have failed to find convincing evidence against MSG. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is "generally recognized as safe." In 2007, an international committee decided it was “harmless for the whole population.” But MSG was removed from baby foods in the U.S. in the 1970s and in 1992; a study by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology recommended it should not be used by pregnant women, infants, children, women of childbearing age, and individuals with affective disorders