Welcome to the MSG/Nucleotides Multi-State Indirect Purchaser Settlement Website.

There is a proposed Settlement of a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of indirect purchasers of MSG (monosodium glutamate) or Nucleotides or products containing MSG or Nucleotides. Nucleotides include disodium guanylate ("DSG," also known as "IMP"), disodium inosinate ("DSI," also known as "GSP"), or a mixture of DSG and DSI known as ("I+G").

The Settlement of the class action lawsuit will resolve antitrust, consumer protection and unfair trade practice claims brought on behalf of all persons or entities who indirectly purchased MSG and/or Nucleotides manufactured or sold by any of the Defendants or their Co-Conspirators.

Anyone present in the states below who indirectly purchased MSG and/or Nucleotides manufactured or sold by any of the Defendants or their Co-Conspirators at any time during the period from January 1, 1983 to November 1, 1999 is a Class Member:

Arizona, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

MSG and Nucleotides are food flavor enhancers used in dehydrated soups and gravies, canned meat, sausage, prepared meals, tomato sauce and ketchup, mayonnaise, snack foods (mixed in salt), soy sauce, preserved crab, prawn, fish and shellfish, Asian cuisine, prepared vegetables and a variety of other products.

This site provides viewable versions of the following information, as well as printable versions (in PDF form):

• Order Conditionally Certifying the Settlement Class and Granting Preliminary Approval of the Settlements
• Settlement Agreements
• Summary Notice
• Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action
• Order Granting Final Approval of Settlement
• Cy Pres Distribution Plan- America's Second Harvest