Pass a law to ban the addition of iron to food

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closedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsOpened 25 February 2025Closed 25 August 2025

Background

We urge the Government to pass a law that bans adding iron to food. We believe that during the 1940s, there were good reasons for adding iron to food as anaemia was not well understood. Now that is not the case. In 2004, Denmark banned certain enriched products including that had added iron.

Additional details

We believe adding iron to food is dangerous for hemochromatosis sufferers, for whom iron overload can cause early death, and may also be harmful for non-hemochromatosis sufferers.

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Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 701271.