PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food: Additives (18 April 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staple foods in the UK are subject to mandatory fortification.
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Answer
Wheat flour is the only food with mandatory fortification requirements in the UK. All wheat flour (except wholemeal) is required to be fortified with calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin at specific levels prescribed in the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
21 April 2016
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