1968 - Consumer Protection

Consumer Protection

U.S. physicians study "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" (Kwok's disease) and trace it to an overuse of monosodium glutamate (MSG) by Chinese chefs (see Ikeda, 1908; Ac'cent, 1947). Symptoms include burning sensations, chest pain, dizziness, facial pressure, headache, and numbness (see baby foods, 1969).

Britain's Ministry of Health rules that the newsprint used by fish-and-chips shops is not a hygienic container for foods and makes such use illegal (see 1902). Many shopkeepers continue to use newsprint, because it retains heat, soaks up excess vinegar, and provides a sort of napkin for wiping fingers, but they put the fish-and-chips in a white wrapper inside the newsprint or use unprinted paper stock. The National Union of Journalists continues to telegraph an annual greeting to the Federation of Fish Friers, saying, "Your trade is wrapped up in ours."