Micronutrient malnutrition is widespread in developing regions of the world including East African region. Worldwide, the three most common forms of deficiencies are iron, vitamin A and iodine deficiency. According to the WHO, around of 46%, 43% and 49% of Africans suffer from iron, iodine and vitamin A deficiencies, respectively. Malnutrition affects all age groups, but young children and women of reproductive age tend to be among those most at risk. Micronutrient malnutrition has many adverse effects on human health. Even moderate levels of deficiency can have serious detrimental effects on human function. Thus, in addition to the obvious and direct health effects, the existence of micronutrient malnutrition has profound implications to economic development and productivity, particularly in terms of the potentially causing huge public health costs and the loss of human capital formation. The correction of these deficiencies cannot be achieved only through normal diet, thus the importance of fortification. Moreover, in order to achieve the objectives of fortification, the selection of food vehicles is very important to be able to reach a large proportion of the population and this need an affordable widely distributed and consumed food. Maize and wheat flour and edible oils fulfill the above conditions as they are among the most and widely consumed foods in East Africa and their fortification can be the most effective in achieving public nutritional and health impact. The level of fortification depends on different considerations, which may be specific to a country or to a region, including the severity of the deficiency and the level of consumption of the food vehicle. This means that fortification requirements defer from one country/region to another and can evolve, by increasing or decreasing over the time. This has been the main reason of having together, in harmonization meeting, delegations from EAC Partner States, namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to review the fortification requirements in maize and wheat flour and edible oils standards. The meeting takes place at Hilltop Hotel, Kigali from 31st October to 2nd November. It is expected that new harmonized standards will provide micronutrients limits that fit the requirements of the region, help industries involved in the fortification of the above products to review their formulation and the national programs aiming at eradicating micronutrient deficiencies to achieve their objectives.