The Fortification of Foods: A Review

Judith A. Quick and Elizabeth W. Murphy

No 330562, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpts from the report Summary: In January 1980, the FDA published a policy statement giving guidelines for fortification of foods. The FDA's policy statement includes guidelines: 1) for determining when fortification is desirable, 2) for selecting foods to be fortified, 3) for restoring nutrients lost in processing, 4) for determining the amounts of nutrients to use in fortifying foods, 5) on the desirability of fortifying substitute foods to make them nutritionally comparable to the traditional food, 6) on the need for nutrients used in fortification to be stable and physiologically available, and 7) on the need for label claims for fortified foods not to be false or misleading. This handbook provides background information on the history, current practices, and technological aspects of food fortification. It also describes fortification programs in other countries.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 1982-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330562

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