Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): With the growing burden of diseases, obesity, malnutrition, lifestyle diseases, if there is one factor that can help people lead a healthier life - it's nutrition.
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Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the recently held third annual CEO Forum was mainly to review the significant progress made in fortifying Nigerian staple foods with micronutrients that are essential to achieving better health and nutrition for all
As Nigeria battles increasing food insecurity and malnutrition, the country’s leading CEOs from major food processing companies recently joined government and international development leaders in a virtual forum to review progress on fortification of staple foods with micronutrients that are essential to good health and nutrition.
During the virtual forum, key points like the latest data on industry compliance in fortifying staple foods with key micronutrients; updates on commitments made by all stakeholders during the 2019 forum; updates on the Micronutrient Fortification Index (MFI), a corporate fortification quality index that supports industry self-monitoring, and other governance innovations; and exclusive announcement of increases in
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Crown Flour Mill Limited, a subsidiary of Olam Group, says it is committed to food fortification and will deliver Nigeria’s first vitamin premix facility.
The company said the delivery was in line with the 90 per cent food fortification compliance target set at the penultimate edition of the Nigerian Food Processing and Nutrition Leadership Forum.
The food manufacturer made this known at third annual gathering of the top players in the food industry in the country, held virtually on Thursday.
Speaking at the forum on the firm’s commitment to participate in the Micronutrient Fortification Index, Managing Director, Crown Flour Mill Limited, Mr Ashish Pande, said improving the food fortification levels of staple foods was one agenda that Olam Grains was committed to, adding that sustainability was one of the key enablers of the company.