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Updated recommendations on folic acid issued by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
An evaluation of procedures for measuring folic acid and folates in foods, supplements and vitamin premixes.
We want your views on whether flour millers should be required by law to add folic acid to flour.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition advice to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) on folic acid and colorectal cancer risk
Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.
Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening brain and spinal conditions in foetuses.
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) consultation on its draft report ‘Update on folic acid’ is open for scientific comment.
Get help to classify herbal medicines, vitamins, food preparations, supplements and tonics for import and export.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Plans to add folic acid to flour in the UK could prevent up to 200 birth defects a year, Public Health Minister, Seema Kennedy, announced today.
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