Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 13, 2021 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) in a food or condiment to improve the nutritional quality of …
Food fortification - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 14, 2022 · The most widely used vehicles for fortification are among the most commonly consumed foods, including oils and fats, milk, sugar, salt, rice, wheat, or maize flour. Some factors related to …
Guidelines on food fortification with micronutrients
Nov 25, 2006 · The guidelines are written from nutrition and public health perspective, to provide practical guidance on how food fortification should be implemented, monitored and evaluated. They …
New WHA resolution to accelerate efforts on food micronutrient ...
May 29, 2023 · The delegates at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly adopted the resolution on accelerating efforts to prevent micronutrient deficiencies through safe and effective food fortification.
Fortification of rice - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 9, 2023 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the …
Food fortification Q&A - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 1, 2018 · Food fortification contributes to a smart and healthy population, which benefits society and national development, including competitiveness. According to international experience, the cost of …
Introduction As the preceding chapters have demonstrated, food fortification has a long history of successful practice. Notable successes have been in achieved in the case of the iodization of salt, …
Fortification of maize flour and corn meal - World Health Organization ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the …
Biofortification of staple crops - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 9, 2023 · Fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content of an essential micronutrient, i.e. vitamins and minerals (including trace elements) in a food, so as to improve the …
UNICEF/WHO/FFI Meeting on Implementation in Asia of the …
Nov 9, 2009 · A study on the micronutrient food fortification in Pacific island countries was conducted in 2006. Following decisions made at the Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries …