I see John Key has announced that the government will be abandoning the attempt to make folate supplementation of bread mandatory. Cabinet is expected to formalise the government’s position when it meets tomorrow, effectively putting the controversial issue on the back burner for three years and, crucially, beyond the next election. The government is not [...]

Katherine Rich gives her considered opinion in the Herald today on the subject of the supplementation of folate in bread. Ms. Rich at least addresses other issues than “Nanny state” concerns, citing the possible link between folate and prostate cancer and the unknowns involved in over-supplementing children. Folate fortification has been going on for a decade [...]