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FOOD FORTIFICATION ..................................... CHAPTER 2.
REQUIREMENTS IN KENYA

FOOD FORTIFICATION LEGISLATION

National legislation of Food Fortification in Kenya dates back
to 1978, when the Iodine Deficiency Disorder(IDD) legislation
was passed. It became mandatory for salt meant for human
consumption to be fortified with iodine.

Currently Food Fortification in the country is coordinated by
the Ministry of Health, under Nutrition and Dietetics Unit. The
practice is implemented using a multi-sector approach with a
Public-Private-Partnership that brings together stakeholders
to form the Kenya National Food Fortification Alliance
(KNFFA).

In Kenya, fortification of wheat flour maize flour and vegetable
fats and oils was made mandatory through the amendment
of the Regulations of the Food, Drug and Chemical Substance
Act on 4th June 2012 and published in the Kenya Gazette on
15th June 2012.

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