Vitamin C Fortification of Food Aid Commodities Final Report (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B
Appendix B
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Appendix B SUSTAG Repot Executive Summary Rcprinicd with pc~isdon Tom SUSTAIN.
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Agency for Intemadonal Development for Consideration by the Committee on International Nutrition of the National Academy of Seienees Prepared by SUSTAIN (Shading Upped States Technology to Aid in the In~rov0~ of N~ion) Peter Ranum, Program Director Frangoise Chome, Deputy Program Manager September, 1997 Second Edition SUSTAIN 1400 16TH STREET, N.W.
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~ The pilot CSB procurement sent to Tacoma could not be tested for vitamin C because the distribution of added micronutrients in this pilot procurement was not uniform. Therefore, it was deemed impractical for purposes of means comparisons; consequently, a procurement of conventional CSB shipped to India was subs RESULTS REPORT ON THE VITAMIN C PILOT PROGRAM vii
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common foods prepared from these commodities, accounting for 62% of the 39 prepared food samples collected. CSB and WSB containing low levels (below 24 mg/lOOg)
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Based on current production, increasing the level of vitamin C in all CSB and WSB produced to 90 mg/lOOg while keeping the current budget constant would reduce the tonnage produced by 4,662 metric tons and reduce the number of pewns that could be fed a ration of 30 grams per day for a year by 425,797. This report also includes infom~on on altemative bagging, use of antioxidants, alternative forms of vitamin C, Id iron fordficatiom Alte~ive forms of packaging are under -consideration by the U.S.
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SUSTAIN specified Me premix, recommended Me pilot production quantity, and advised on field site selection SUSTAIN also monitored Ed evaluated product quality, production costs, and vitamin C stability firm the point of mime to the point of distribution and cons~phon. Two vitamin C fortified commodity used in Me USAID Food for Peace Program were oval corn soy blend (CSB)
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It involved procuring, producing, and providing CSB with high and conventional levels of vitamin C to refugee camps in T~n~nia and providing WSB with conventional and high levels of vitamin C to development programs in Haiti, cluing the usual program p}~es for P.L. 480 Title II food amd.
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, and USAID missions, SUSTAIN collected dry commodity samples in three countries. SUSTAIN also collected information about the local food preparation of the commodities and cooked samples in two countries, and detained vitamin C retention after cooking by thing samples of prepared food collected at recipient sites in these two countries.
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