. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 26 The next question was the safety of the process. Did the process have any undesir- able effects ? Extensive chemical and feeding tests using FPC made from hake, first on animals and then on humans, showed FPC to be highly nutritious, as predicted, and free from any side effects. The National Academy of Sciences and the Food and Drug Ad- ministration reviewed the results of these tests and proclaimed FPC wholesome and nutritious. THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE So far, FPC was only a laboratory product. Before it could become a pract
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 26 The next question was the safety of the process. Did the process have any undesir- able effects ? Extensive chemical and feeding tests using FPC made from hake, first on animals and then on humans, showed FPC to be highly nutritious, as predicted, and free from any side effects. The National Academy of Sciences and the Food and Drug Ad- ministration reviewed the results of these tests and proclaimed FPC wholesome and nutritious. THE PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE So far, FPC was only a laboratory product. Before it could become a practical reality, it was necessary to determine whether it could be made economically on a large scale. Sci- entists and engineers atBCF's College Park (Md.) Laboratory, using a model-scale unit, studied the technical problems and developed much basic information needed for larger- scale operation. At this point, BCF hoped that industry would take up the process. But, at meetings and privately, industry repre- sentatives said they did not believe sufficient information was yet available to be sure operation on a commercial scale was practical. Members of the Marine Protein Resource Development Committee of the National Academy of Sciences, who were advising BCF, were concerned about this delay in de- veloping a commercial FPC operation. They recommended that BCF construct a demon- stration plant to develop the large-scale application of the process and to prove its feasibility. The plant would give reliable engineering and cost information needed by would-be investors. It also would provide considerable amounts of FPC to the industry and to the State Department's Agency for International Development ()to ex- plore the best uses of FPC in many countries. And the plant would form a working demon- stration center for the industry and foreign visitors. Several Congressmen be- came interested in the project. Bills were introduced to construct or lease varying numbers of
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