Question follow-through · 19335
Folic Acid: Flour
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Food Safety Act 1990, what is the legal basis for the adding of folic acid to non-wholewheat flour as a public health measure.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 49 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Food Safety Act 1990, what is the legal basis for the adding of folic acid to non-wholewheat flour as a public health measure.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Bread and Flour (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 made provisions for the mandatory fortification of non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid, following a final decision to proceed with this long-standing proposal taken by the previous governmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Yellow Card Scheme
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make date of birth a mandatory field when reporting a suspected adverse reaction to the Yellow Card scheme run by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Coronavirus: Vaccination
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