40% Of Wheat Flour, 60% Of Maize Flour Not Fortified In Kenya
By Soko Directory Team / Published December 20, 2020 | 11:15 am
A portion of Ugali, a dish made from maize flour, is seen in a restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Around 40 percent of wheat flour and almost 60 percent of maize flour consumed in Kenya is not consistently fortified and thus does not comply with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) standards exposing Kenyan to major health risks.
The continuous sale of unfortified flour on the Kenyan market has direct implications for the government’s food fortification and safety agenda, as embedded in the Kenya National Food Fortification Programme.