FISH PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHOLE

Description

This food additive is derived from whole, wholesome hake and hake-like fish, herring of the general Clupea, menhaden and anchovy of the species Engraulis mordax. The additive consists essentially of a dried fish protein processed from the whole fish without removal of heads, fins, tails, viscera, or intestinal contents. It is prepared by solvent extraction of fat and moisture with isopropyl alcohol or with ethylene dichloride followed by isopropyl alcohol, except that the additive derived from herring, menhaden and anchovy is prepared by solvent extraction with isopropyl alcohol alone. Solvent residues are reduced by conventional heat drying and/or microwave radiation and there is a partial removal of bone.
The fish must be handled expeditiously and under sanitary conditions in accordances with good manufacturing practices recognized as proper for fish that are used in other forms for human food.