Flour: Folic Acid
(asked on 6th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the fortification of flour with folic acid.
This question was answered on 13th September 2017
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has recently updated the evidence on folic acid in response to a request from Food Standards Scotland, and reiterated its support for mandatory folic acid fortification, provided that this is introduced alongside restrictions on voluntary fortification of foods with folic acid. Ministers are currently considering the issue of mandatory fortification of flour and will respond in due course.