Codex Committee on Vegetable Proteins (CCVP)

A proposal from the United States of America in 1976 that a Codex committee should develop standards for vegetable proteins prompted the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) at its 11th session to commission a report to identify the gaps in Codex work that might be filled by a relevant Codex committee. That report recommended that vegetable proteins intended for human food should meet definite nutritional requirements and be safe to use while offering economic incentives to both producer and consumer. In addition, the report concluded that populations at nutritional risk could benefit from vegetable proteins: their use and expanded production would be beneficial, but needed to be regulated. These findings convinced CAC12 to establish the Codex Committee on Vegetable Proteins (CCVP), and it was agreed that Canada would host it. 

Before it was adjourned sine die in 1989, CCVP developed a range of standards and guidelines and addressed an array of topics. Early discussions revolved around the benefits of elaborating group or individual standards, which eventually resulted in the General standard for vegetable protein products (CXS 174-1989) and specific commodities, including vegetable protein flours, concentrates and isolates, gluten and vegetable protein from pulses.  

CCVP was adjourned sine die in 1989.