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Folic Acid: Perinatal Mortality

2026-07-09 · Department of Health and Social Care · 17728 · Official question

Esther McVey

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the article in The Lancet by Dr Czeizel entitled Can terathanasia explain the protective effect of folic-acid supplemen

Answer

In the United Kingdom, folic acid fortification was first considered by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA) in 2000.In its report on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease, COMA considered the 1997 paper by Hook and Czei...