Food Fortification Resource Centre (FFRC)

The Food Fortification Resource Centre is a body that acts as a resource and support centre to promote large-scale fortification of food across India. It came into existence after the National Summit on Fortification of Food (2016), as a joint declaration by all stakeholders to fight micronutrient malnutrition through fortification of food. The following objectives were underlined: • sensitise states about fortification of food • promote fortified foods in state nutrition programmes • provide technical support especially to small-scale food manufacturers, to enable them to produce

fortified foods • educate people about the benefits of fortification and encourage consumption of fortified foods • train and build capacity for large-scale fortification of foods • provide communication material and technical, scientific and financial support to promote large-scale

fortification of food • provide tools for monitoring and evaluation of fortification programmes