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4 Results of the Vitamin C Pilot Program
Pages 37-46

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... developed and implemented a pilot program to produce and provide blended food aid commodities with enhanced levels of vitamin C fortification to at least two field sites. USAID implemented a cooperative agreement with the organization SUSTAIN (Sharing United States Technology to Aid in the Improvement of Nutrition)
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From page 38...
... the variance in production was small enough to detect a 20 percent drop in ascorbic acid content at a 95 percent confidence level. After initial results indicated uniformity problems in the fortification of CSB, USAID and the SUSTAIN Vitamin C Advisory Panel agreed that each of the seven plants that had been awarded CSB and WSB production contracts should be sampled to assess the extent of the problem.
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From page 39...
... This material contained only the standard level of 40 mg of vitamin C per 100 g of dry commodity. Determination of Vitamin C Stability from Manufacture to Distribution Sites methods: The stability of vitamin C was to be assessed by the following independent · Analysis of mean levels and variation of vitamin C content at production of the CSB and WSB compared to the same lot of product just prior to food preparation in the recipient country.
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From page 40...
... + Special Feeding Programs A total of 350 MT of this procurement was distributed in the Ngara region. Last day of distribution from this special procurement (21.854 MT remaining, this was not enough for one week's worth distribution)
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From page 41...
... Following the initial sampling of CSB, which indicated poor uniformity of product, the consensus was that each of the seven CSB and WSB plants blat were awarded production contracts should be sampled. Five of seven plants were sampled, and results indicated that only two of the five plants-one batch processor and one continuous processor met contract specifications most of the time (>90 percent)
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From page 42...
... The WSB sent to Haiti with conventional levels of added vitamin C showed a small but statistically significant loss of 13 percent. The WSB sent to Haiti with the high level of vitamin C, and the CSB shipped to India with conventional levels of vitamin C both showed essentially 100 percent retention of added vitamin C
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