Salt as a Vehicle for Fortification. Report of a WHO Expert Consultation. Luxembourg, 21-22 March 2007

A WHO Forum and Technical Meeting on Reducing Salt Intake in Populations was organized in October 2006 in Paris, France with the overall goal of developing recommendations for Member States and other stakeholders on how to reduce the salt intake of populations with the long-term goal of preventing chronic diseases (WHO, 2007). The experts participating in this meeting recommended WHO to further discuss the use of salt as a vehicle for iodine fortification, as this could originate a potential conflict between two major public health goals – reducing average population salt intake, and tackling iodine deficiency.