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FOOD FORTIFICATION REGULATION
The above regulation has been revised through legal notice
number 157 of 24th July 2015 which 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 oils’
‘Labelling of fortified products shall be done in
accordance with the relevant East Africa Standards
relating to nutrition’
STATUS OF GLOBAL FORTIFICATION MANDATE
Global map showing legislation on mandatory fortification
Figure 6. -
Areas marked in blue indicate countries where
fortification is mandatory for food staples
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