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  • Title: Status of unikersal iodisation of salt programme in the selected districts of Bihar.
    Author: Kapil U, Singh J, Prakash R, Sunderesan S, Ramachandran S, Tandon M.
    Journal: Indian J Matern Child Health; 1997; 8(3-4):90-1. PubMed ID: 12348464.
    Abstract:
    Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) are a major public health problem in India. However, salt with an iodine content of 15 ppm at the consumer level can meet the human body's iodine requirement. The government of Bihar under the National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program (NIDDCP) has therefore followed a policy of universal salt iodization (USI) since 1976 under which the state's population receives edible salt with a minimum of 15 ppm iodine. Salt samples were collected from 1052 families through schools in 5 districts of western Bihar and analyzed using the standard iodometric titration method to assess the iodine content of salt being consumed. While all samples contained some degree of iodine, 28.5% contained less than the recommended 15 ppm. These results suggest that the government of Bihar has given only low priority to the NIDDCP program and to monitoring the quality of salt through the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) system. However, the iodine content was satisfactory compared to other states largely because all salt was procured only via railway rakes from production centers in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
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