Editing Folate (section)

===United Kingdom===
While the [[Food Standards Agency]] recommended folic acid fortification,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2007/may/folatefort|title=Board recommends mandatory fortification|access-date=18 May 2007|author=FSA|date=17 May 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624183523/http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2007/may/folatefort|archive-date=24 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6665109.stm|title=Backing for folic acid in bread|access-date=18 May 2007|work=[[BBC News]] |date=17 May 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618010640/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6665109.stm|archive-date=18 June 2007}}</ref><ref>BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6648059.stm Experts back folic acid in flour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818132738/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6648059.stm|date=18 August 2007}} 11 May 2007</ref> and wheat flour is fortified with iron,<ref name=ffi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ffinetwork.org/why_fortify/index.html|publisher=Food Fortification Initiative|title=Why fortify?|date=2017|access-date=4 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404131451/http://www.ffinetwork.org/why_fortify/index.html|archive-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> folic acid fortification of wheat flour is allowed voluntarily rather than required. A 2018 review by authors based in the United Kingdom strongly recommended that mandatory fortification be reconsidered as a means of reducing the risk of neural tube defects.<ref name=Wald2018>{{cite journal|vauthors=Wald NJ, Morris JK, Blakemore C|title=Public health failure in the prevention of neural tube defects: time to abandon the tolerable upper intake level of folate|journal=Public Health Reviews|volume=39|page=2|date=2018|pmid=29450103|pmc=5809909|doi=10.1186/s40985-018-0079-6 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In November 2024 the UK government announced legislation to require folic acid fortification in bread by the end of 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/birth-defects-prevented-by-fortifying-flour-with-folic-acid |title=Birth defects prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid }}</ref>