Call to strengthen UK folic acid policy to prevent birth defects

Published Date: 26 Feb 2025

The UK's new legal requirement for folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour does not go far enough and a bolder policy would prevent hundreds more birth defects each year, say researchers including UCL's Professor ...

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