Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry
Recently, millers from all over Kenya gathered in Nairobi to launch the micronutrient index for the sector. During the ceremony, millers who exhibited best practices with regard to fortifying their products with micronutrients were feted.
In ordinary circumstances, consumers of manufactured and processed foodstuffs lack ways of finding out such details as the levels of micronutrients in, say, wheat or maize flour. That being the case, millers of these cereals can choose to take the unscrupulous route to shore up their profit margins.