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13^th October 2023 at Blue waters hotel – Wadduwa

The world egg day was celebrated on 13^th of October 2023 at Blue waters hotel Wadduwa. Sri Lanka, with the theme of “ Protein for Healthy Nation” it was to emphasis the importance of consuming eggs, preparation methods to preserve more nutrients, protein rich affordable replacements, and Micro nutrient value of protein rich food items were discussed. The program was sponsored by World Poultry Science Association in collaboration with United states Soybean export council And SAARCFOODS association in Sri Lanka. 100 medical and nutrition professionals participated to this event.

13^th of December 2023 in Colombo

The program was conducted based on how to utilize Food Composition Data base on food security in economic crisis and impacts of climate change. The Country Representatives of FAO, WFO, UNICEF The secretary of the president secretariat of Sri Lanka, the Secretaries of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture addressed the event. During this one-day program, Large scale food fortification in Asia and Pacific regions, opportunities, challenges and way forward were discussed, also several discussions were conducted on food waste management, climate change impact, aflatoxin management and food security. The program was sponsored by American Soybean Association and Fonterra group of Companies.

During this event following topics were discussed.

Challenges in Protein Food Supply Amid Climate Change” Dr. Michelle Braun, PhD, Need assessment for fortification programmes in Sri Lanka, Large Scale Food Fortification in Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward, Innovation through fortified parboiled unpolished rice, Fortifying food: Lessons learned, Climate change on Food production and Food safety –Dr Amal Harsha De Silva, Pro Vice Chancellor, IIHS & Dr Ananda Jayalal, Climate changes impact on food security, Climate change impact on aflatoxins management in the animal originated products in food chain, Climate change impact on food production and food safety, Food wastage prevention and Aflatoxin and food safety.

Thailand from 27^th May – 31^st May 2024 at Makkasan Hotel- Bangkok

The program contented with data compilation demonstrations, dietary guidelines of FAO/INFOODS, A field visit to Mahidol university – Institute of Nutrition and presentations of the reports from each country. This workshop provided a uniform platform for all the countries to share the challenges that they have overcame during the project, to share the proficiency on FCDB and data analysis and to make fruitful discussions on future plan of actions and goals.

26^th of October 2024 at IIHS multiversity – Colombo Sri Lanka

The program was sponsored by American Soybean Association and Fonterra group of Companies. The participants included nutritionists, policymakers, relevant researchers from research institutes and universities who are working on food composition and nutrition in the SAARC region besides international UN bodies and Sri Lankan Ministry representatives.

We have discovered that people were not consuming enough iodine which is lead to hypothyrodism and goitre and several complications such as heart diseases. To address the issue, the Association of SAARCFOODS in Sri Lanka collaborated with the Global Iodine Network and conducted a workshop for all the private and government salt producers of Sri Lanka. This program was conducted for 3 days and during that, the stakeholders of the project , ministry of health – food safety administration unit, the PI and the team of AFCD project, the CEOs of Salt industry and representatives of Global Iodine Network discussed on policy development, challenges of the industry, challenges of supply of iodine and introducing more effective technology to improve the iodine fortification of salt. The main objective of the program was to strenghthen the government on going salt iodification process. As an out come of the program the intrusty has received permission to fortify salt in larger range of iodine.