PHC is pleased to announce that this week Liberia published its revised food fortification standards, making the import and production of fortified food products (including wheat flour, cooking oil, sugar, and salt) mandatory and legally binding, and furthering our goal to design and implement comprehensive food fortification programs in seven countries, covering seventy million people.
The new fortification standards are in line with national consumption patterns and harmonized with the ECOWAS region to ensure maximum impact for the Liberian people, especially women and children who are affected most by micronutrient malnutrition.
This benchmark could not have been achieved without the support of our donors and the excellent work of devoted individuals from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the National Standards Laboratory, the Ministry of Information, as well as a dedicated industry and international community.
Project Healthy Children is extremely proud of Liberia’s National Fortification Alliance and the hard work that they have put into the establishment of these standards.