England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty welcomed the plans to add folic acid. He said: "The fortification of flour is a simple and effective way to help to reduce cases of ...

Increasing a woman’s intake of folic acid can help prevent these serious and debilitating conditions. Flour is already fortified with calcium, niacin, thiamin and iron to improve public health. The ...

Bread and flour is to be fortified with folic acid in a bid to prevent birth defects such as spina bifida in around 200 babies every year. A new law passed UK-wide today, hailed as “momentous ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies every year, the Government has announced. The new legislation will require ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies every year, the Government has announced. The new legislation will ...

The fortification of flour will therefore help boost intake of folic acid across the population, and, indirectly, better protect unborn babies. The government's independent advisory body has ...