Manual for Regulatory Monitoring of Fortified Foods.

The document includes guidelines for the technical inspection of factories, focusing on planning, conducting inspections, sampling, and reporting with regard to food fortification. Key sections include: Planning Inspection Visits – outlines objectives, responsibilities, procedures, budgeting, scheduling, defining actions, and record-keeping; Technical Inspection Visits – covers preparation, opening and closing sessions, conducting inspections, sample transport, and reporting; Inspection via Maize Flour Sampling – describes accountability, sampling procedures, and storage/production warehouse inspections; and Wheat Flour Conformity Sampling. The text further details the systematic procedures for inspecting, sampling, and verifying fortified foods to maintain regulatory compliance and public health standards. The document is designed in 3 major parts referring to technical inspection of factors; inspection of fortified foods at importation site; and inspection of fortified foods at market level. Two monitoring tables are attached.