The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7432 p763
23/30 December 2006

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Call for folic acid fortification of flour to be mandatory

Mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid in the UK is one of the recommendations made by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in its final report on folic acid and disease prevention.

Coinciding with the report, the Food Standards Agency launched a consultation setting out options for improving intake of folic acid by young women. Besides mandatory fortification, the FSA suggests that the food industry could be encouraged to fortify more foods with folic acid on a voluntary basis.