In Brief: Folic acid health claim
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Folic acid health claim: FDA replaces the Jan. 4, 1994 regulation allowing a health claim on the relationship between folic acid and neural tube defects with a later reg that essentially does the same thing. The 1994 reg "did not have the benefit of public comment," the agency says, and "reflects FDA's initial views" on the health claim. The more recent reg, which was published in the March 5 Federal Register, includes changes made in response to comments...