date:Sep 04, 2012
the Folic Acid Working Group, which included health professionals, representatives of families affected by neural tube defects (NTD) and bread industry members.
Folic acid plays an important role in reducing NTDs in babies, but fortification of bread is only one part of a wider package of initiatives,Wilkinson said.
Common sense decision, says food body chief
Katherine Rich, chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC), told FoodNavigator-Asia that the decision was the