Meanings of mandatory fortification in English

A national committee will today recommend the mandatory fortification of most breads with folic acid.

There are renewed calls for the government to introduce the mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid.

When I was a member of Seanad Éireann, I frequently spoke on the desirability of mandatory fortification of flour or bread.

The committee also wanted mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid to reduce preventable death and serious illness from neural tube defects.

In 1998, the United States introduced mandatory fortification of enriched cereal-grain products with folic acid to reduce the incidence of neural tube defects.

The BRI, based in Drogheda, has called for the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid as a way to help protect against birth defects.