Flour: Folic Acid
(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing flour fortified with folic acid to (a) pregnant women and (b) children; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 9th May 2018
No assessment has been made of potential merits of adding folic acid to flour on pregnant women or children. The recent report from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition made recommendations in respect of folate levels and developing foetuses. Ministers are currently considering the issue of mandatory fortification and will set out their position in due course.