Question: Recently National Summit on Fortification of Food was in inaugurated in which of the following city?
(a) Jaipur
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bangaluru
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 16 October 2016 Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare inaugurated National Summit on Fortification of Food in New Delhi.
- She also released the standards on fortification of foods and launched the food fortification logo at the event.
- The Summit was inaugurated to address interventions in combating micronutrient malnutrition in the country.
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is co-hosted the two day Summit in partnership with related central ministries / departments and development partners.
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has formulated a comprehensive regulation on fortification of foods namely ‘Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations, 2016’.
- These regulations set the standards for food fortification and encourage the production, manufacture, distribution, sale and consumption of fortified foods.
- The regulations also provide for specific role of FSSAI in promotion for food fortification and to make fortification mandatory.
- The Summit will bring together experts from the nutrition and development communities as well as representatives from state governments, academics, technical supporters and donors to beneficiaries past and present to discuss and debate – presenting in-depth analysis and impact assessments, important and case study examples of food fortification programs as well as learnings and challenges to build on so effective food fortification efforts can carry on delivering in the future.
- There was number of themes including the roles of industry, government, academia and civil society; improving compliance and measurement; cost-benefit analysis; modeling potential for impact and the required investments.
Reference:
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