Iron supplement to be given to students, JFDA

AMMAN — On Thursday, the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) director-general, Nizar Mahmoud Mhaidat, said that the project to distribute iron supplements to schools would be held in coordination with the Ministry of Education and a nutrition company, according to Al-Ghad news.اضافة اعلان

He added that iron, in addition to other supplements, will be given to students with a free meal. 

Mhaidat also added that the plan to appoint a food specialist and a pharmacist to monitor food and medicine would be implemented so that a pharmacist would be present in the offices of the JFDA across the Kingdom. 

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