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ranced tecluiologY and our abundant agricultural production to pro- 

 vide a new source of protein energy to millions of persons, principally 

 children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, under AID's world- 

 wide food assistance programs. These programs are undertaken in 

 cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Food 

 for Peace Act of 1966, Public Law 480. 



The proposal on which we are working actively is to use domestically 

 produced FPC to enrich wheat or a combination of grains provided 

 by the Commodity Credit Corporation for distribution as specially 

 formulated foods in AID's worldwide food donation programs. 



Our various initiatives in the development of AID's food from the 

 sea program have elicited widespread interest in cooperating coun- 

 tries, other U.S. Government agencies and in U.S. industry. The latter 

 has shown a great deal of interest in both the production and market- 

 ing of domestically produced FPC and in the possibility of construc- 

 tion and operation of FPC plants abroad if AID-sponsored feasibility 

 studies indicate commercial viability. 



The foreign assistance authorization, just passed, urges the Presi- 

 dent and the Agency for International Development to allocate a mini- 

 mum of $2.5 million to programs of the type outlined above. We be- 

 lieve these funds and the programs I have described will make a sub- 

 stantial contribution, not only to the development of worldwide marine 

 resources, but to the world's war on hunger, which must be won if 

 mankind is to live in reasonable dignity and peace. 



Mr. Chairman, I have Mr. Parman with me, who heads the Food 

 from the Sea Service. If it would be helpful to you, I would like him to 

 make a brief comment on some of the technical aspects of the problems 

 we face. We will both be available and happy to discuss further details 

 with you. 



Mrl! Lennon. We will be delighted if you will do that now, sir. 



Mr. PARivrAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Very briefly, we have in the seas an enormous food resource. The 

 main purpose of our program is to bring this resource effectively to 

 bear on human feeding. The seas, which constitute 71 percent of the 

 surface of the earth, are the major areas of photosynthesis which even- 

 tually results in food. Currently we are getting 55 million metric tons 

 of edible food products out of the seas every year. It looks as if we can 

 get 200 million tons out with our present knowledge. 



The problem which we have in the fish area, however, is that of 

 keeping the fish without expensive refrigerant. It is to meet this prob- 

 lem that has made this fish protein concentrate so attractive, because 

 we have in effect made a powdered concentrate of fish with remark- 

 able storage stability and with excellent nutritive value that can be 

 added to other types of foods to enhance their protein value at normal 

 levels of use without affecting their taste or their texture or the appear- 

 ance of the food. 



We can, for example, add 5 percent to flour and get a flour contain- 

 ing a very high level of very good quality protein and have very little 

 effect on the appearance of the fresh bread. 



Mr. Pollock. Five percent of FPC powder ? 



Mr. Parmax. Five percent of FPC powder in flour. This results in a 

 product with up to 15 percent protein, and excellent protein at that. 



