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CD-ARS 861:2012 Copyright notice This ARSO document is copyright-protected by ARSO. While the reproduction of this document by participants in the ARSO standards development process is permitted without prior permission from ARSO, neither this document nor any extract from it may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form for any other purpose without prior written permission from ARSO. Requests for permission to reproduce this document for the purpose of selling it should be addressed as shown below or to ARSO’s member body in the country of the requester: © African Organisation for Standardisation 2012 — All rights reserved ARSO Central Secretariat International House 3rd Floor P.O. Box 57363 — 00200 City Square NAIROBI, KENYA Tel: +254-20-224561, +254-20-311641, +254-20-311608 Fax: +254-20-218792 E-mail: arso@arso-oran.org Web: www.arso-oran.org Reproduction for sales purposes may be subject to royalty payments or a licensing agreement. Violators may be persecuted. iv © ARSO 2012 — All rights reserved
Introduction CD-ARS 861:2012 Maize flour or maize meal can be considered in fortification programs because they are staple foods in many parts of the world. For example, in Zambia, over two-thirds of the daily energy intake comes from maize; in Central America, almost one-half of the daily energy intake comes from maize flour; and in a number of other countries between 10 and 30 percent of daily energy intake is from maize flour or maize meal. The concentration of vitamins and minerals to be added must be calculated based on nutritional requirements and consumption patterns, after which losses during storage and cooking must also be considered. Venezuela, for example, fortifies maize flour with a vitamin-mineral premix containing vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and iron. Also, certain producers in Zimbabwe and Namibia fortify maize meal with a vitamin–mineral premix containing vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, pyridoxine and iron. This African Standard seeks to establish a uniform regime for fortification which, if adopted, would make it possible to trade in fortified maize meal or maize flour across the borders of the countries in the continent. © ARSO 2012 — All rights reserved v
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