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This site is currently being updated. The links for publications may be temporarily broken. We apologize for the inconvenience. Micronutrient Compliance Review of Fortified PL 480 Commodities (2001) SUSTAIN’s report to USAID on manufacturers’ compliance with new micronutrient standards on fortified PL 480 commodities that resulted from its Micronutrient Assessment Project (MAP study). SUSTAIN found that the industry had made great strides in implementing systems up-grades to comply with the new specifications, but identified a number of areas that still need improvement. Specific recommendations are made for strengthening USDA’s Total Quality Systems Audit (TQSA) program to improve quality control at the manufacturing level. Food Aid Compliance with Fortification Requirements Improved (Nutriview, 2002/3) A brief summary of SUSTAIN’s “Micronutrient Compliance Review of Fortified PL 480 Commodities” (SUSTAIN, 2001). Itemizes improvements in quality assurance achieved at the production level since the report’s issue. Final Report of the Micronutrient Assessment Project (1999) Appendices A-I. SUSTAIN’s Micronutrient Assessment Project (MAP), launched in 1996 with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, assessed the nutritional quality of PL 480 food aid commodities. The MAP study investigated the uniformity and stability of key micronutrients added to the commodities from the U.S. point of manufacture to overseas consumption. Amounts of vitamins A and C actually delivered to food aid recipients was found to be well below expectations due to non-uniform additions of these nutrients at some production facilities as well as significant losses of vitamins during the cooking of the foods by recipients. Recommendations were made to enhance the uniformity and quality of micronutrient fortified commodities. Ensuring Adequate Micronutrient Levels in Food Aid (Nutriview, 2000/3 A summary of SUSTAIN’s three-year Micronutrient Assessment Project and Vitamin C Pilot Project, which assessed levels and consistency of micronutrient additions to food aid commodities. This report also reviews shortcomings in the food aid fortification process and reiterates SUSTAIN’s recommendations for vitamin A fortification of cereal based commodities and vegetable oil. New Micronutrient Standards for PL 480 Commodities (Food Forum, Second Quarter-2000) Reviews SUSTAIN’s Micronutrient Assessment Project and reports its major findings and recommendations, such as more rigorous compliance testing and new specifications for the addition of Vitamin A to vegetable oil. Also discusses USDA’s establishment of their Total Quality Systems Audit (TQSA) Program, aimed at quality control at the manufacturing level. Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Relief Diets (April 1999) This workshop, co-hosted by SUSTAIN in April 1999, was designed to exchange information on how the nutritional quality of relief diets can be enhanced at the regional and local levels. The focus of the workshop was on improving micronutrient content. Some of the many options for improving the nutritional quality of relief diets are weighed. Vitamin A Fortification of PL 480 Vegetable Oil Report (Fall 1998) Fortification of PL 480 vegetable oil, which reaches approximately 20 million recipients in over 40 developing countries, would be an effective way to deliver vitamin A to deficient populations. This paper provides information on the technical and biological aspects of fortifying vegetable oil with vitamin A and recommends the appropriate form and level of fortification. Based on this report, and at the request of USAID/FFP, the Kansas City Commodity Office amended Announcement VO-6 to require vitamin A fortification (in the recommended form of retinol palmitate) of vegetable oil purchased for foreign food assistance programs. Results report on the Vitamin C Pilot Program (September 1997) The Vitamin C Pilot Program, initiated in March 1996, was designed to explore the advisability and cost-effectiveness of scaling up vitamin C fortification of food aid commodities. Problems were identified with the uniformity of fortification in corn soy blend; however, vitamin C was found to be generally stable during shipping, transport and storage of blended foods. Financial analyses indicate that scaling up vitamin C fortification while maintaining present costs would significantly reduce the numbers currently benefiting from food aid. The report includes information requested by the Committee on International Nutrition on the worldwide prevalence of scurvy and on vitamin C and iron uptakes in targeted beneficiary households in Title II development programs and in refugee camps. Vitamin C Fortification of Food Aid Commodities: Final Report (Institute of Medicine, 1997) In 1995, the Senate Appropriations Committee directed USAID to initiate a pilot program to increase the vitamin C content of CSB and WSB as a means of improving recipients’ diets, nutrition and health and to report on the results. In response, USAID set up a cooperative agreement with SUSTAIN to devise and implement the pilot program. USAID also asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to form a committee to address the cost-effectiveness and advisability of increasing the level of vitamin C used to fortify the food aid commodities CSB and WSB. The Committee on International Nutrition—Vitamin C in Food Aid Commodities was constituted in response to this request. In this report the committee assesses the results of the pilot program. It reviews and evaluates SUSTAIN’s final report (September 1997) on the program, evaluates the advisability and cost-effectiveness of scaling up vitamin C fortification of food aid commodities, makes recommendations concerning the advisability of increasing vitamin C fortification, and discusses alternative mechanisms for providing vitamin C to refugee populations at risk for vitamin C deficiency. The committee also identifies areas in which additional research is needed to more effectively meet nutritional needs in emergency feeding situations. To read this Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press publication, please use the link above (requires general information to login and view). |
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