fuels. These are related issues and much more crucial at the moment tothe welfare of the world population than the actual total amounts of food.Canadian policies and programs must also deal with these aspects.

In closing, I would emphasize again that mass starvation in the worldneed not be an imminent threat in our lifetime. With the exception of lo­cal situations, food will be available in some form to meet nutrient needsif the proper distribution patterns can be achieved. Changes must andwill occur over time. In some countries living standards will be reducedwhile others increase. Are Canadians prepared to reduce their standardof living so others can live as well as they do? Red meats will continue tobe demanded for some time to come in many countries. We must be pre­pared to meet such markets to remain viable while preparing to meet fu­ture markets with other products. In the future there will be larger vol­ume markets for plant foods as we are forced to greater efficiencies in theproduction and distribution systems.

The immediate challenge for Canadians must be to assist countriesin the third world to reach an adequate level of nutrition by increasingdomestic food production. This base can then be supplemented by prod­ucts which Canada has for sale. Canadians have the ability to put it all to­gether and make a significant contribution if we key on the marketplaceand if we are prepared to change with the times and ifwe are prepared tomake the necessary changes in our life style to more adequately and equi­tably provide nutrients throughout the world. The real problem is nottechnological, but that of assuring the required political will to achieveequity of resource use throughout the world.

Note: These papers have been abstracted and edited by M. E. Stiles, us­ing copies of the texts made available by the authors. A. E. Hannah's pa­per included an interesting review of the basic resources available for nu­trient production in Canada. This will likely be included in the next issueof the CIFST Journal.

M.E.S.

QuotesOf Canadians ...

We are world citizens whether we like it or not. We must of course,consider the Canadian potential within the world context if we are tomaximize our opportunities.

A. E. HannahCIFST Conference, Halifax

Of food processing ...Food processing is one way of getting more food to the people who

need it and want it.F. Shefrin

CIFST Conference, Halifax

Of conservationists and environmentalists ...People concerned with conservation are (too often) classified as pes­

simists and those who say; "full speed ahead, the hell with the con­sequences" as optimists.

Conservation is simply an approach to the every day concerns thatwe all have. Conservation is not the voice of gloom and pessimism.Rather, conservation is the voice of reason.

F. MacHardyDean: Faculty of Agriculture,

University of Albertaat theCanadian UniversityTeachers of HomeEconomics Conference

Can. Ins!. Food Sci. Techno!. J. Vo!. 8. No.4, 1975

KNOW YOUR FOOD INDUSTRYThis year, the Health Protection Branch is celebrating 100 years of healthprotection in Canada. The Canadian Institute of Food Science and Tech­nology wished to join with the Health Protection Branch on this memo­rable occasion, and requested Dr. A. B. Morrison, Assistant Deputy Min­ister of the Health Protection Branch to submit a paper on the historicaldevelopment of health protection in Canada, and the current organiza­tion and structure of health protection within the Health ProtectionBranch of Health and Welfare Canada. We are, therefore, not only in­debted to Dr. Morrison for his assistance in providing the paper "A Hun­dred Years of Health Protection", but we are also indebted for the effortmade to prepare the French language version "Cent Ans de Protection dela Sante".

The Health Protection Branch forms such an integral part of the Ca­nadian food industry that it seems appropriate, in recognizing the devel­opment of health protection in Canada, to do this in association with oureffort to "Know your Food Industry".

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