US EditionCalifornia leads push to add key vitamin to corn tortillas, aimed at reducing Latino birth defects
California's law aims to cut neural tube defects, which affect 2,000 U.S. babies yearly, by fortifying corn masa flour, addressing Hispanic infants' twice higher risk than other groups.
- California has become the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used for making tortillas and other traditional foods.
- The move aims to reduce the disproportionately high rates of serious neural tube defects, such as spina bifida and anencephaly, among Hispanic infants.
- Decades of research show the 1998 requirement to add folic acid to certain foods cut rates of serious defects by about 30%, preventing about 1,300 cases a year in the U.S.
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California leads push to add key vitamin to corn tortillas, aimed at reducing Latino birth defects - The Morning Sun
Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. In January, California became the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used to make tortillas and other traditional foods widely used in her community. It’s a long-delayed move aimed at reducing Hispanic infants…
The Toronto Star
Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states are looking at it
Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain.
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California leads push to add key vitamin to corn tortillas, aimed at reducing Latino birth defects
California is the first state to require food makers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to corn masa flour used to make tortillas and other foods.
California health authorities maintain that fortification will close nutritional gaps and align this policy with public health standards already applied in other basic foods. By Jonel Aleccia and Amy Taxin Fifteen years after losing their first baby due to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea López finds comfort in knowing that other Latin mothers may finally be able to avoid the same pain. California became in January the first state to …
Fifteen years after losing her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez finds comfort in knowing that other Latin mothers may at last be able to avoid the same pain. California became in January the first state to demand food manufacturers to add folic acid, a crucial vitamin, to the corn dough flour used to make tortillas and other traditional foods heavily consumed in her community. This is a long overdue measure that se…
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