In early March, the FFI Executive Management Team approved a proposal for FFI’s continued work in Africa. Their action followed a comprehensive six-month analysis of historical trends, partner activities, industry capacity, consumption, grain trading patterns, urbanisation rates, and potential health impact of fortification. See the FFI newsletter for a summary of the proposal as well as links to an in-depth Power Point explanation.
In another part of the world, Uzbekistan began fortifying flour and salt this year as part of a mandate from the Ministry of Health. The country is adding iron, folic acid, zinc, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin to first-grade flour.
We’re interested in knowing which countries are fortifying maize flour. Please send us information about your experiences so we can share that information with other countries that are considering maize flour fortification.
You may have already seen the news that Scott Montgomery is the new FFI Director. Read how he will use his business approach to benefit FFI.
We look forward to seeing many of you next week at the Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Monitoring and Surveillance workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Then we will anticipate seeing many more of you in Manila 27-29 September for a meeting on the regulatory monitoring of salt iodisation and flour fortification programs.
Sincerely,
The FFI Team
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This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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