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serious famine from 1968-1970). School lunches.
Homemakers’ service. MPF (about).
At the top of the back panel is MFM’s logo showing
two hands gripping the handle of a horizontal spoon, with
its mouth to the right facing upward–in white on a black
background. Below that: Chairman [of the board]: Morris
Asimow, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering, University of
California at Los Angeles.
President: Russel Z. Eller, Formerly Director of
Advertising, Sunkist Growers.
Vice presidents: Edmond J. Clinton, Charles E.
Sweeney... Executive director: Neil J. O’Donnell. Includes
many photos. Address: 1800 Olympic Boulevard, P.O. Box
1666, Santa Monica, California 90406. Phone: 970-0451 or
451-0777.
240. Meals for Millions Foundation. 1972. Annual report
1971. 25th anniversary year. Santa Monica, California:
MFM Foundation. 16 p. 25 x 19 cm.
• Summary: Submitted by Neil J. O’Donnell, the new
Executive Director. On the cover, printed in dark blue ink
on light blue, is a stylized globe with equator and the two
tropics on a dark blue square. The pages are unnumbered.
Contents: Introduction (“The year of 1971 was a year
of shifting gears for Meals for Millions, a time of self
evaluation and progress. It was the year in which the Board
of Directors re-assessed the goals of the Foundation and
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made important changes”). History. Program, by director
Donald Ebright, PhD (India, Mexico, Ecuador, Korea. In
late 1971 the MPF plant in Korea suspended operations “in
order to reorganize under new management”). 1971 Multi-
Purpose Food distribution report: 201,304 lb were sent to 15
countries overseas and 47,424 lb were sent to locations in
the USA for a grand total of 248,720 (as of 18 Jan. 1972).
U.S. programs. Training school (“The sixth session of the
Meals for Millions Training School began on January 18,
1971.” It was demanding: 13 weeks, 7 hours a day, 5 days a
week). Research and development. The new executive
director.
Photos (in blue) show: (1) Mr. and Mrs. Clinton seated
side by side. (2) Trainees seated at a table in the MFM
classroom. (3) Lawrence Lipman, Director of Research and
Development, and Ea-Maria Kadiev, Administrator of the
School, examine a Wenger extruder with a group of
students. (4) Neil J. O’Donnell seated at his desk smiling,
with his signature below. Address: 1800 Olympic Boulevard
(P.O. Box 1666), Santa Monica, California 90406. Phone:
870-0451.
241. Jayasena, H. 1972. Feasibility of making weaning food
in Ceylon (Brochure). Ceylon: Mimeographed leaflet. 4 p.
April 22.
• Summary: Contents: Summary. Introduction: Background
information. Weaning food formulation (Soya meal 36.0%.
Rice flour 53.35%. Skimmed milk 10.27%, pre-mix of
vitamins and minerals, etc.). Pack size. Mode of
manufacture. Capital cost for pilot plant equipment required
for an output of 100 lbs. per 8 hours (APV ribbon mixer,
filling machine, etc.). Cost of raw materials (incl. soya meal,
locally produced). Raw materials required for pilot plant
project. Estimated cost of locally produced soya meal taking
the proposed guaranteed price of Rs. 1,200 per ton of
undecorticated seed. Cost estimate per ton of product
(ingredients, packing materials, overhead costs {labour,
equipment, rent and utilities}, summary and total). Address:
Sri Lanka.
242. Orr, Elizabeth. 1972. The use of protein-rich foods for
the relief of malnutrition in developing countries: an
analysis of experience. Tropical Products Institute Report
No. G73. 71 p. Aug. Summary in PAG Bulletin (1973)
3(2):59. 28 cm. [17 ref]
• Summary: Contents: Acknowledgements. Foreword. I.
Introduction: the protein problem and approaches to it. II.
Protein-rich food schemes (69 schemes are described):
Introduction, schemes no longer in operation–and which
ceased within a year of inception or after a market trial
period, schemes no longer in operation–but which ran for
more than one year before termination, schemes operating
irregularly, schemes currently in regular production
(beverages, other products), schemes at exploratory stages.