Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced fortification of rice distributed under various government schemes including Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day-Meal scheme by 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines the fortification as \u201cdeliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the FSSAI norms, 1 kg fortified rice shall contain iron (28mg-42.5mg), folic acid (75-125 microgram) and Vitamin B-12 (0.75-1.25 microgram).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, rice may also be fortified with micronutrients, singly or in combination, at the level\u2013 zinc(10mg-15mg), Vitamin A (500-750 microgram RE), Vitamin B1 (1mg-1.5mg), Vitamin B2 (1.25mg-1.75mg), Vitamin B3 (12.5mg-20mg) and Vitamin B6 (1.5mg-2.5mg) per Kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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