This is in relation to the compliance of the food industry to the mandatory fortification of staples: cooking oil and sugar with vitamin A, flour with iron and vitamin A and rice with iron by 07 November 2004.

All processed foods for registration that have the above mentioned food ingredients should use the fortified form according to RA 8976 Section 6 a and b and Section 11 starting 07 November 2004.

Should the industry wish to be exempted on this, they should submit a science based documentation on why the product should be exempted from using the staple fortified ingredients as per Rule X Section 2 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for RA 8976.

For strict compliance and implementation.

Adopted: 10 June 2004


(SGD.) PROF. LETICIA BARBARA B. GUTIERREZ, MS
Director