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Profiling national mandatory folic acid fortification policy around the world

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posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00 authored by Mark LawrenceMark Lawrence, K Kripalani
Mandatory food fortification “occurs when governments legally oblige food producers to fortify particular foods or categories of foods with specified micronutrients” [1]. Because mandatory food fortification exposes everyone in the population who consumes the fortified food(s) to raised levels of the specified micronutrient, it is one of the most powerful policy instruments available to influence dietary intake and population health outcomes. Many national food regulatory authorities have established policy guidance on mandatory food fortification. From an international perspective, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) provides principles for the addition of essential nutrients to foods [2]. According to these Codex principles, mandatory food fortification with additional vitamins and minerals is recommended where there is proven public health and nutrition need (Note: these principles are under review at the time of writing).

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Title of book

Handbook of food fortification and health: from concepts to public health applications, vol. 2

Chapter number

22

Pagination

277 - 289

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Place of publication

Dordrecht, The Netherlands

ISBN-13

9781461471103

ISBN-10

1461471109

Language

eng

Publication classification

B1 Book chapter

Extent

34

Editor/Contributor(s)

V Preedy, R Srirajaskanthan, V Patel

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