13 Jun 2019 --- A 12-week consultation on proposals has begun to explore what kinds of products should be included in the UK government's proposals to add folic acid to flour in a bid to reduce neural tube defects (NTD). Ministers estimate that such a policy would prevent up to 200 birth defects a year. The move has been welcomed by the Association of UK Dieticians (BDA), however, the organization says this has been a “long time coming” as recommendations for folic acid fortification in flour date back to the early 1990s and much suffering could have been prevented if these proposals had been adopted sooner.
