22 Oct 2018 --- The UK’s proposal to fortify flour with folic acid is long overdue, but nonetheless, a welcome move, UK nutritionists have stated. The policy, which will reportedly be introduced within weeks, came after ministers backed a plan that medical experts say will reduce the number of babies born in the UK with serious birth neural tube defects (NTD) – a serious consequence of folic acid deficiency around the time of conception – UK media outlet the Guardian has reported.
