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Food Fortification Regulation Food, Drug and Chemical Substance
Mandatory Legislation for wheat flour signed on 4th June 2012 and published
maize meal, fats and oils through the in the Kenya Gazette supplement
amendment of the Regulations of the number 62 on 15th June 2012.
This regulation has been revised to legal notice number 157 of 24th July 2015
states in part:-
‘Packaged wheat flour shall be fortified and conform to the food
requirements specified’
‘Packaged dry Milled maize products shall be fortified and conform to the
requirements specified’
‘Vegetable fats and oils shall be fortified with vitamin A in accordance with
the Kenya Standard for edible fats and oil’
‘Labelling of fortified products shall be done in accordance with the relevant
East Africa standards relating to nutrition’
As other countries continue to see the value of fortification of grains, legislation
is passed to make it mandatory. Figure 8 is a map of grain fortification legislation
around the world.
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