Mandatory fortification of bread with folate passed by Ministerial Council

In May 2004, the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (“the Ministerial Council”) requested Food Standards Australia New Zealand (“FSANZ”) to investigate a proposal for a food standard to be introduced for mandatory fortification of bread with folate as a means of combating the incidence of spina-bifida and other neural tube defects. On 22 June 2007, the Ministerial Council affirmed the draft standard included in the First Review Report published on 23 May 2007 for the mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid for inclusion in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (“the Food Standards Code”). This article outlines what the new standard will require and examines the policy questions behind the endorsement of the standard.

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