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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Fortification plan for food

Fortification plan for food

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published Published on Feb 6, 2017   modified Modified on Feb 6, 2017
-The Telegraph

New Delhi: The Centre has proposed making food fortification mandatory for all staples like rice, wheat flour, edible oil and milk to fight malnutrition but some experts have urged a cautious approach, warning of hidden costs and unproven health benefits.

The Telegraph had reported in January 2016 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had pushed the idea of universal fortification - addition of key vitamin and minerals to foods to improve their nutritional value and address nutritional gaps in the population - in meetings with top officials of the ministries of agriculture, food and public distribution, commerce, health and women and child development.

Since then, the women and child ministry and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) held a series of meetings with experts and have now come up with a draft proposal.

Under the proposal, the government will try to push fortified products to counter disorders like stunting, overweight and anaemia - the major causes of maternal and child deaths. About 70 per cent of pre-school children and over 50 per cent of women suffer from anaemia, caused by iron deficiency, National Survey data show.

According to the proposal, the cost of fortification, to be undertaken in a phased manner, will range from 10 paise to Rs 3 per kg or litre of food, with no additional packaging and transport costs.

In the first phase, the government aims to promote double fortified salt in school midday-meals and in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) by December 2018, followed by fortified edible oil and wheat flour by December 2019.

By 2020, the Centre aims to achieve the target of universal availability of fortified food, supplying such items through the public distribution system and the open market.

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The Telegraph, 4 February, 2017, https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170205/jsp/nation/story_134100.jsp#.WJfzPDideyB


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