Question follow-through · 118172
Folic Acid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113069 on Folic Acid, what steps will be taken to stop wholemeal flour and other non-wheat products being voluntarily fortified with folic aci
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113069 on Folic Acid, what steps will be taken to stop wholemeal flour and other non-wheat products being voluntarily fortified with folic aci
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government introduced legislation in England on 14 November 2024 to mandate the fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid based on strong scientific assessment and modelling. The policy is estimated to prevent approximately 200 babies...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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