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Food Fortification: A Regulator’s Perspective

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Food fortification generally refers to the deliberate addition of essential micronutrient(s) during food processing to correct an inadequacy in the diet and/or improve the health in part or all of the population [1]. Fortification of food is regulated in most countries. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, an intergovernmental body of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization, has established a set of principles for fortification for use by governments [1, 2].

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Abbreviations

AR:

Average requirement

CBA:

Cost–benefit analysis

FeNaEDTA:

Ferric sodium edetate

FSANZ:

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

RIS:

Regulation Impact Statement

MTHF:

l-5-methyltetrahydrofolate

NTD:

Neural tube defect

UL:

Upper level of intake

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 55 Blackall Street, Barton, ACT, 2600, Australia

    Dorothy Mackerras, Jason March & Jenny Hazelton

  2. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, 154 Featherstone Street, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

    Dennis Thomas

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  1. Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  2. University Hospital Lewisham, Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Kings College Hospital, London, SM68SU, United Kingdom

    Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UW, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Mackerras, D., Thomas, D., March, J., Hazelton, J. (2013). Food Fortification: A Regulator’s Perspective. In: Preedy, V., Srirajaskanthan, R., Patel, V. (eds) Handbook of Food Fortification and Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7110-3_24

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