The Ministry of Health has opened for public consultation a proposal that seeks to establish the mandatory fortification of some food categories with vitamin D, considering the results of the National Health Survey (2017), which showed a significant deficiency of this vitamin in the Chilean population.

The categories being impacted are the following: 

• Milk and dairy products (some are excluded, e.g. milk cream).
• Flour; this would be additional to the current fortification established in the RSA for flour (with tiamine, riboflavin, niacin and iron).
• Plant-based beverages such as almond, sesame, oat, soya, etc. 

?????????The draft foresees minimum and maximum limits of vitamin D for each category of products.

This regulation would be effective 24 months after the publication of the regulation. 

Comments will be received until 22 October.

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