Talk:Ajinomoto

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No mention of the lysine price-fixing fiasco of the 1990s? 71.14.92.181 03:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Ajinomoto has also been fined EUR 15,540,000 by the European Commission in 2002 for anticompetitive practices. This ref [1] should also be included in the article. MaxPont 12:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Urban legend

I removed this urban legend [2] as it seems doubtful to me. What country is this referring to? I would assume not the US or probably much the Western world given that I'm pretty sure Ajinomoto was unheard of in 1917 there (the US office was established in 1956). Also this referred to Ajinomoto as a subtance. I presume it was referring to MSG. But was Ajinomoto associated with MSG in Japan (or wherever) in 1917? Or was it a brand of a company that makes stuff including MSG? Ajinomoto may remain predominantly associated with MSG in much of the western world but they do make other stuff and may have been doing so in 1917. In the unlikely event this urban legend existed and a reference is found, make sure to clarify what is mean by Ajinomoto as a product and more importantly make sure to not put it in the controversy since it is clearly not a controversy and there is nothing similar with a real controversy where they were using a product considered unacceptable to much of the local populace Nil Einne (talk) 09:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC)