Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18201
Folic Acid: Flour
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026
Question
Andrew Ranger
Labour — Wrexham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the mandatory fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid on people with pernicious anaemia and other medical condi
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonFolic acid fortification was recommended by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy in 2000 and by its successor the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) in 2006, after an extensive review of the evidence on folate and h...
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