Folic acid supplements are "necessary complement" to food fortification -- CDC's Oakley.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
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FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTS WILL BE "NECESSARY COMPLEMENT" TO FOOD FORTIFICATION, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Birth Defects Director Godfrey Oakley, MD. "It's very simple...we need to fortify foods and you need a vitamin supplement with folic acid," Oakley stated Sept. 30 at the Council for Responsible Nutrition's annual meeting in Amelia Island, Fla. "Supplements are going to be a necessary complement to the fortification program."