Magic Fortification Testing Kit (MFTKIF)

In Jan 2021, the Food regulator mandates FBOs to fortify edible oil and milk with vitamin A and D. Furthermore, the fortification of rice with folic acid, iron, and vitamin B12 have been notified to be made mandatory across all safety net schemes by 2024 to treat the disease like anaemia. The regulation has mandated the addition of end-users education aspect, +F logo, and the terms fortified with fortificant’s name. Under that may accompany a tag line Sampoorna Poshan Swasth Jeevan, on a label to identify such food articles in the marketplace. But, Iodized salt is exempted from such a requirement.

For Verifying Iron In fortified rice

The aim of this test is to rapidly and affordably determine the presence of fortified rice kernels containing iron. In this test, reagents react with ferric (iron) ions to generate a dark brown red pigment, with Test Reagent - 1 and Prussian blue, the deep blue pigment in blue printing, is generated by the reaction of the reagents with ferrous (iron) ions in this test with Test Reagent