Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt said: "This change to legislation makes it a requirement for producers to add folic acid to non-wholemeal flour to provide better protection from serious health problems.

Nurses have been urged to continue to promote the importance of folic acid supplementations following fortification of flour.

Stormont is planning a law change that will force all flour that isn’t wholemeal to be fortified with folic acid.

Food producers in Northern Ireland will have to add folic acid to non-wholemeal flour by law from 2026. The Department of ...

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Stormont is planning a law change that will force all flour that isn’t wholemeal to be fortified with folic acid. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get ...

The Department of Health has introduced legislation that will see folic acid added to non-wholemeal flour in Northern Ireland ...