INTERNATIONAL HYDROLYZED PROTEIN COUNCIL

INTERNATIONAL HYDROLYZED PROTEIN COUNCIL IHPC WAS FORMED IN WASHINGTON DC IN 1977 BY MANUFACTURERS AND END USERS OF HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEINS FOR TWO PURPOSES:1) CONDUCTING AN INDUSTRY WIDE PROGRAM, BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, REGARDING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COMPOSITION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE OF HYDROLYZED PROTEINS, MARKETED FOR FOOD USES, TO ASSURE THEIR SAFETY, FUNCTIONAL VALUE, AND PURITY; AND2) TO DISSEMINATE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION AND TO SHARE THEM WITH LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY BODIES, IN WHATEVER NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION AS MAY BE DESIRED OR REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME.