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Decree No. 28 of the Ministry of Public Health on prophylactic polyvitaminization on nutrition.

Country/Territory
Belarus
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food additives Nutrition Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

The Deputy Minister decrees to introduce polyvitaminization in the nursery schools, secondary schools, orphanages, sanatoriums and vocational training schools. Special attention in the process of polyvitaminization must be paid to the territories recognized as unfavourable in the course of sociohygienic monitoring. Optimal periods of polyvitaminization shall be from November to May, and also in summertime during sanitary prophylaxis campaigns and on the environmentally adverse territories and in sanatoriums all-the-year-round. The following criteria shall be met in the process of selection of polyvitamin: 1) must contain vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2, B6, B12, folic acid and also beta-carotin; 2) must contain microelements (iodine, selenium, iron). The preparation must be registered by the Ministry of Public Health.

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