Sentences with phrase «food fortification programs»

«Folic acid has been shown to be effective in preventing neural tube defects in randomized control trials, community intervention programs and food fortification programs,» Baldwin added.

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES Fortification Comparisons between certain nutrients should take into account the mandatory food fortification programs for bread making (folate, thiamin and iodine), and edible oil spreads (Vitamin D).

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Many of those affected live in areas that are difficult to reach with existing programs to prevent vitamin A deficiency, such as vitamin A supplementation, dietary diversification, food fortification, and promotion of optimal breastfeeding.

«The most vulnerable children and women in hard - to - reach areas are often missed by existing interventions that can improve vitamin A status, including vitamin A supplementation, food fortification, dietary diversification, and promotion of optimal breast - feeding,» said Ms. Nancy Haselow, HKI vice president and regional director for Asia - Pacific, who has been designing, implementing, and testing vitamin A delivery programs for more than 20 years.

Engaging efforts with experts from 47 IDFA member companies and cooperation from other parts of the dairy industry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulators, IDFA advocated for, among other things: reasonable regulations in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) that align the Interstate Milk Shippers program with the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule; harmonizing the PMO with an FDA rule on higher fortification levels of vitamin D3 and requiring FDA to be more transparent in the determination of foreign country regulatory equivalence with the U.S. Grade «A» program.

The government - mandated fortification program, which promoted the addition of artificial synthetic vitamins to junk food, made unhealthy foods appear more natural and nutritious.