Industrial fortification
Between February 2020-December 2021, 2FAS supported the voluntary fortification of edible oil in Kazakhstan.
The project was led by Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, and was made up of three main activities:
1. The organisation of a national conference, which brought together government officials, the oil industry and academia, to advocate for the fortification of vegetable oil with vitamins A and D.
2. A situation analysis of the oil industry throughout the country, to assess capacity for fortification, alongside a study to understand the stability of vitamin A in sunflower oil.
3. A series of regional training workshops, to which representatives of all edible oil factories in the country were invited, and in which the Ministry of Health participated.