UK Experts Vote For Folic Acid In Food

London - British food experts agreed on Thursday that folic acid should be routinely added to either flour or bread in an attempt to reduce birth defects.

The Food Standards Agency's board, a government body designed to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food, voted unanimously to back mandatory fortification.

But it decided that more research should be carried out into whether folic acid, a synthetic compound of vitamin B, should be added to just bread, or to flour, which would mean it would also go into flour-based products like cakes and biscuits.

The FSA board will discuss the details, along with other practical matters such as labeling, at its next meeting in June before making a final recommendation to the government.

source: British food experts