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US fills food with folic acid

BMJ 1996; 312 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7031.599 (Published 09 March 1996) Cite this as: BMJ 1996;312:599
  1. Fred B Charatan

    In the first new fortification order since 1943, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration will require folic acid to be added to all enriched foods from 1 January 1998. The Public Health Service recommended in 1992 that all women of child …

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