New California law adding folic acid to corn masa will help reduce birth defects in the Latino and Hispanic community.

The US Food and Drug Administration began mandating folic acid fortification in 1998 but only for enriched wheat flour, rice and corn flour, excluding corn masa flour. The FDA cited folic acid ...

California now requires corn masa flour to contain folic acid to reduce birth defects among Latinos. Some conservatives oppose it, citing government overreach.

The requirement aims to increase folic acid consumption, particularly among pregnant women from certain demographic groups.

Assembly Bill 1830 requires that corn masa flour, the primary ingredient in corn tortillas, must contain a specified amount ...

Large manufacturers must add folic acid to corn masa flour starting in 2026, part of the passing of AB1830, small producers are exempt.

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Folic acid is about to be introduced in corn masa flour as an essential ingredient in California thanks to a new bill proposed by a Fresno-area assemblymember.

Addition of folic acid to corn masa flour may lower the incidence of neural tube defects in Hispanic populations, whose staple diet is made of the flour. Folic acid intake during pregnancy prevents ...

Assembly Bill 1830 requires that corn masa flour and wet corn masa products contain a specified amount of folic acid ...