Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies every year, the Government has announced. The new legislation will ...

New legislation, set to take effect by the end of 2026, will mandate the fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with ...

KARACHI: Sindh Food Authority (SFA) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

Bread and flour will be fortified with an essential vitamin in a bid to prevent serious birth defects in hundreds of babies ...

Around 200 cases of brain and spine defects in babies every year could be prevented by fortifying non-wholemeal wheat flour ...

Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and ...

UK mandates folic acid fortification in non-wholemeal flour by 2026, aiming to prevent 200 birth defects annually such as ...

Joe Brennan, head of technical and regulatory affairs at UK Flour Millers noted flour was already fortified with folic acid ...

A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious problems for babies, known as neural tube ...