PESHAWAR: National Food Fortification Program Nutrition International Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NFFPNI) on Monday arranged a one-day progress review meeting on its Wheat Flour Fortification Program for the province. Director of Food Department Yasir Hassan and other food department officials, Representatives of the World Food Programme, and academia participated in the event. In opening remarks, Dr. Imtiaz Ali Shah, Provincial Program Manager of Nutrition International KP Chapter told the participants that Nutrition International has been improving health and nutrition in Pakistan since 2001. Additionally, he told a team of more than 100 staff and consultants with an investment of $60 million in Pakistan since 2003, has been hired by nutritional international including $23 million directly spent on procuring and distributing vitamin A capsules. While talking about the National food fortification program across the country Provincial Program Manager told that 992 mills in the country (75%) signed MoUs with the National food fortification program while it has installed 2,333 micro feeders at 992 mills leading to 35,000 Metric Tons of wheat flour fortification monthly. Moreover, 22 I-check laboratories for testing iron in fortified wheat flour have also been established. APP
