Bread is fortified with folic acid in Hungary

EDITOR—The European governments were criticised by Oakley for failing to mandate the universal fortification of flour with folic acid, a public health action that can prevent neural tube defects and other congenital abnormalities in fetuses, as well as cardiovascular disorders in adults, including elderly people. 1 2 However, we would like to remind Oakley and the readers of the BMJ that a bread fortification programme was launched in Hungary in August 1998. …