What happens when pesticide Ajinamoto is consumed?

Jan 08, 2016

As you all are aware that Monosodium Glutonomate alias Ajinomoto which is used in many restaurants and domestic households as a flavor for cooking is used at paddy fields for pesticides.

Following the recent ban of Glycophosphate the farmers in Sri Lanka have started to use Ajinomoto. Farmers in the Mathale Naula area are reported using this.

 

“We spray five chemical tanks for one acre. For each tank we mix 100g of Ajinomoto. Pests die on the spot unable to locate. We get results within a week” said a farmer commenting his results.

 

Therefore we can realize if by the use of Ajinomoto if the pests are controlled what happens if we use that for human consumption.

 

Many developed countries have banned using Ajinomoto as a flavor but export large quantities to Asian and African countries.

 

However in Latin American countries such as Brasil use Ajinomoto as a pesticide. A Sri Lankan environmentalist who toured Brasil said Brasil never use Ajinomoto as a flavor for foods but use for fruits and vegetable cultivation