folic acid Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    Moving forward on folic acid fortification - by Sue Kedgley



      Image by Lyndon Hood The Green Party welcomes the decision of the Government to review the decision to mandatorily fortify almost all bread sold in New Zealand with folic acid.  We are not sure why such a review would take three years, however. In our view a panel of experts should review the new science and [...] read more
    July 20, 2009 3:16 pm - 16 Comments
  • frog

    Public Debate likely to ensue over our daily bread - by frog



    Over the weekend Sue K was on TVNZ’s Q and A talking about a subject many people and frogs may be unaware of – the fact that as of early September all bread in New Zealand excepting organic bread will be fortified with folic acid. This decision was taken in 2007 by the previous Labour [...] read more
    July 13, 2009 5:22 pm - 31 Comments
  • frog

    Mass medication: the debate rages on and on - by frog



    I see in today’s Sunday Star Times that the Government is rethinking its plans to force bread makers to put folic acid into all of our bread supplies. This comes after a Chilean report that shows increased incidence of cancer since they started requiring that wheat flour be fortified with folic acid some years ago. [...] read more
    May 17, 2009 11:34 am - 37 Comments