Reliable micronutrient testing is essential to ensuring that fortified foods meet quality standards and deliver their intended nutritional benefits. However, many laboratories face challenges such as limited equipment, gaps in practical training, and restricted access to testing resources.
To address these challenges, Millers for Nutrition and QuImpact, in collaboration with BioAnalyt and TechnoServe, are supporting selected local laboratories in strengthening their micronutrient testing capabilities.
Building Practical Testing Capacity
The initiative takes a needs-driven approach, helping laboratories identify suitable testing methods based on their technical capacity and intended applications. These range from rapid screening and portable quantitative testing using technologies such as BioAnalyt’s iCheck solutions to established laboratory-based analytical methods.
Beyond equipment, strengthening laboratory capacity also involves practical training, quality assurance, and better connections between laboratories, food producers, and regulatory authorities.
Supporting Long-Term Impact
Stronger local testing capacity can help food producers improve quality control, enable laboratories to develop more sustainable testing services, and support regulatory authorities in monitoring fortified foods.
Through this collaboration, BioAnalyt contributes practical analytical technologies and expertise to help make micronutrient testing more accessible and support evidence-based decisions across food fortification programs.
Ultimately, strengthening local laboratory capacity is an important step toward more reliable food quality systems and more effective food fortification.
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