Cordillera Administrative Region

Province of Kalinga
City of Tabuk
Barangay ____________

RESOLUTION NO. ____ Series of 2023

RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8172 “ AN ACT FOR SALT IODIZATION
NATIONWIDE AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES (ASIN)” FOR BARANGAY _________________ FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR 2023.

(Sponsored by Kagawad on Health ______________)

WHEREAS, food fortification has been identified by the World Health Organization, the
Copenhagen Consensus and the Food and Agriculture Organization as one of the top four strategies
for decreasing micronutrient malnutrition at the global level;

WHEREAS, Section 15 of Article II of the Philippine Constitution provides that the State shall
protect and promote the right of health of the people and instill health consciousness among them;

WHEREAS, under the Section 16 of the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991, mandates all government units to promote the general welfare of its
inhabitants, provide basic services to the constituents;

WHEREAS, the State recognizes that nutritional deficiency problems in the Philippines,
based on nutrition surveys, includes deficiency in energy, iron, vitamin A, iodine, thiamin and
riboflavin. To a minor extent, the Filipino diet is also deficient in ascorbic acid, calcium and folate;

WHEREAS, the State recognizes that food fortification is vital where there is a demonstrated
need to increase the intake of an essential nutrient by one or more pupolation groups, as
manifested in dietary, biochemical or clinical evidences of deficiency. Food fortification is
considered important in the promotion of optimal health and to compensate the loss of nutrients
due to processing and/ or storage of food ;

WHEREAS, in order to prevent and limit nutritional deficiency problems in the Philippines,
a Food Fortification plan provides for the addition of nutrients to processed foods or food products
as per the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA);

NOW THEREFORE, on the motion of Sanguniang Barangay member ______________, dully

seconded, it was;

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, to adopt the Republic Act No. 8976 known as “An
Act Establishing the Philippine Food Fortification Program and For Other Purposes”, for the
Barangay of __________________ for Calendar Year 2023;

RESOLVED FINALLY,