Welsh, Scottish health ministers call on UK for folic acid in flour

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Dec 02, 2017
        Welsh, Scottish health ministers call on UK for folic acid in flour
    
Peter Dykstra
The Welsh and Scottish health ministers want Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to make it compulsory for UK suppliers of flour to fortify it with folic acid.
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