The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of the mandatory replacement of non-iodised salt with iodised salt in bread in New Zealand on the dietary iodine intakes of children 5-14 years of age.
The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of the mandatory replacement of non-iodised salt with iodised salt in bread in New Zealand on the dietary iodine intakes of children 5-14 years of age.
Summary of the iodine status of New Zealand adults using the 2014/15 New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data following mandatory fortification of bread with iodine in September 2009. MPI Technical – Paper No: 2016/32.
The purpose of this study was to complement existing monitoring activities being undertaken by the Ministry of Primary Industries and help to answer whether the mandatory fortification of bread has been successfully implemented and is having a measurable effect on the iodine status of New Zealanders. A secondary purpose was to obtain information on the sodium status of New Zealanders
Updated report on the estimated dietary iodine intake of New Zealand children 5-14 years following mandatory fortification of bread with iodine’
The work described in this report was undertaken to determine the level of iodine in retail salt
samples.
Current estimates indicate that the majority of people in New Zealand and Australia are likely to have dietary iodine intake levels below their respective dietary reference intakes. An extension of permissions for voluntary iodine fortification of an increased number of foods and mandatory iodine fortification with potassium or sodium iodide or iodate are being considered as a possible means of improving the iodine status of New Zealanders and Australians.