Flour Fortification Initiative

The Flour Fortification Initiative is a movement of a collective network of individuals and organizations to facilitate making micronutrient fortification of flour standard practice. The network’s members are composed of people in the public, private and civic sectors and who combine their resources and relationships to do so more effectively.

The mission of the Flour Fortification Initiative is to stimulate interaction and partnership between the public sector and the grain and flour industries and to inform and encourage the industry to make micronutrient fortification of flour a normal part of large roller mill flour production.

As one of the leading supporters of the Flour Fortification Initiative, IAOM has been a prominent player in FFI’s work from the very beginning. In 2003, IAOM’s board of directors approved a resolution in support of FFI agreeing to

• coordinate the development of fortification learning tools;
  
• work with FFI to build a coordinated worldwide support network for milling education programs; and
  
• make training resources on flour fortification available through IAOM. 

Then, under the Education Committee’s guidance, the FFI Training and Technical Support Group was formed. With the direction provided by IAOM member Dr. Gwirtz, the group has identified milling educators around the world and sought their support in identifying those subject areas where training materials could be further developed. 

Flour fortification has also taken center stage numerous times at the IAOM Middle East and Africa District conferences, and was a featured topic at IAOM’s 2003 conference in North America.  IAOM support is also evident through its leadership of the FFI Training and Technical Support Group.

FFI Executive Management Team

Scott Montgomery (chair), vice president, Operations Dry Milling/Citrus, Cargill

Alan Court (vice chair), director designate of the programme division, UNICEF

Gary A. Anderson (chair, Training and Technical Support Group) executive vice president, International Association of Operative Millers

 William H. Dietz, director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jamie Greenheck (chair, Communications Group) SVP/Senior Partner, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

M.C. Venkatesh Mannar, president, The Micronutrient Initiative

Nicolas Tsikhlakis, chief operations officer and partner, the Modern Flour Mills & Macaroni Factories Co.

Marc Van Ameringen, executive director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Fortification Resources

Code of Practice for Premix Operations – Pan American Health Organization

Fortification Handbook – The Micronutrient Initiative

Manual for Wheat Flour Fortification with Iron, Part 1 – MOST, the USAID Micronutrient Program
Manual for Wheat Flour Fortification with Iron, Part 2 – MOST, the USAID Micronutrient Program
Manual for Wheat Flour Fortification with Iron, Part 3 – MOST, the USAID Micronutrient Program

Miller's Toolkit – Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service (IDPAS)