Fortification of Vegetable oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda

• Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI)
• National Drug Authority (NDA)
• Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
• Uganda Consumer Protection Association (UCPA)
• Food Sciences and Technology Department/Makerere University
• Food Bioscience Research Center – NARL
• Private sector represented by Mukwano, Bidco, Maganjo, Unga
2000, Kendo Mills, and Ntake.
In addition, several development partners regularly attend meetings. The partners—
foremost UNICEF, GAIN, and A2Z—provide various types of support to different
fortification program activities, including:
• National advocacy and communications campaigns for promoting good health,
good nutrition, and fortified food consumption,
• Technical assistance in developing the regulatory system for fortification,
• Technical and financial assistance for the food consumption survey currently
being conducted by the Food Sciences and Technology Department of Makerere
University, and
• Technical assistance in working with the private sector, conducting industrial
assessments and trials, and training in quality assurance and quality control.
As Figure 3.2 shows, the food regulatory system of Uganda involves many agencies.
From the fortification program’s perspective, the most important food regulatory system
actors are:
• National Working Group on Food Fortification—which includes more than 20
partners, including nine different government agencies,
• Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS),
• National Drug Authority (NDA),
• Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), and
• Ministry of Health’s local (district level) food inspectors.
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