Annette’s mass medication programme
My God. Labour in their dying days snuck through a regulation forcing bakers to plant a synthetic form of folic acid into every loaf made in NZ. The plan aims to reduce the number of brain-damaged...
View ArticleThe Folic Acid controversy
Kate Wilkinson got a pretty tough grilling on Q&A yesterday as she was in the unenvious position of saying she thinks the compulsory medicating of bread with folic acid was wrong, yet she would not...
View ArticleMore on Folic Acid in bread
To give some balance to the debate, here are some extracts from a PR from the Coalition of Parents of Children with Spina Bifida: Folic acid does not cause postrate cancer in humans. The negative...
View ArticleKey acts on folic acid debate
Colin Espiner reports: Prime Minister John Key has asked Crown lawyers to help the Government get out of the new folic acid food standard. Yesterday, Key asked Crown Law to find ways to free the...
View ArticleSST declares victory on folic acid debate
According to the Sunday Star-Times, Cabinet tomorrow will throw out Labour’s decision to introduce mandatory addition of folic acid to bread: THE BUN-FIGHT is over. Bakers will not be forced by law to...
View ArticleLabour confirms support of compulsory mass medication
NZPA report: Deferring a decision on whether folic acid should be added to bread was “a cheap cop out” in response to lobby group scaremongering, the Labour Party said today. … Ms Dyson said the...
View ArticleArmstrong on Folic Acid
John Armstrong writes: The political furore over putting folic acid in bread is not confined to arguing the scientific merits of putting folic acid in bread. It is about much more than that. It is an...
View ArticleComplaint over TVNZ coverage of Folic Acid debate
The NZ Organisation for Rare Disorders has filed a complaint over TVNZ’s coverage of the Folic Acid debate. The complaint is here. While I don’t support the addition of folic acid into bread, they may...
View ArticleNo mandatory folic acid in bread
No surprise, but the Government has confirmed there will be no mandatory addition of folic acid into bread – at least for the next three years. Today, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson said mandatory...
View ArticleNo compulsory medicating of bread
Kate Wilkinson announced last week: The fortification of bread with folic acid will remain voluntary, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson announced today. A thorough eight-week public consultation...
View ArticleNo to compulsory medication
The Herald reports: Newly-appointed Food Safety Minister David Bennett has raised the possibility of a return to mandatory addition of folic acid to bread in New Zealand. Bennett last month attended a...
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