Fortification of Vegetable oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
I. Introduction
A. Vitamin A Deficiency in Uganda
B. Food Fortification in Uganda
C. Accelerating the Pace of Fortification: Toward a More Evidence-based Approach
II. Justification for Fortifying Oil and Sugar with Vitamin A in Uganda
A. Food Consumption Data: The Gold Standard to Identify Food Vehicles and
Propose Fortification Levels
B. An Opportunity to Complement and to Keep Updated the Food consumption
Pattern in the Country: The HIES Surveys.
III. The Public Sector Role in Fortification
A. Introduction and Overview
B. The Public Regulatory System
1. The National Working Group on Food Fortification
2. The Ugandan National Bureau of Standards, UNBS
3. National Drug Authority, NDA
4. The Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) Analytical Laboratory
5. The Ministry of Health/Department of Inspection and Certification
IV. Uganda’s Vegetable Oil Supply and Vegetable Oil Fortification
A. Vegetable Oil Production
B. The Vegetable Oil and Fat Industry
C. Conclusion about the Ugandan Vegetable Oil Market and its Fortification
Prospects
D. Vegetable and Fat Fortification
E. The Cost of Fortifying Vegetable Oil
F. Alternative Fortification Cost Measures: Considering the Consumer’s Perspective
V. The Public Health Attraction of Fortified Ugandan Sugar
A. Sugar Fortification Prospects
B. Key Characteristics of the Ugandan Sugar Industry and Market
C. Differences in the Ugandan Sugar Companies
D. The Changing Ugandan Sugar Market
E. Conclusions about the Sugar Industry’s Current Situation and Attitude Toward
Fortification
F. The Cost of Fortifying Sugar
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