据《美国医学论坛报》1996年4月9日载Faivelson报道称,美国食品与药物管理局(FDA)将要求在所有强化食品中增加叶酸含量。 这是自1943年以来,FDA采取的第一个新强化食物规定,以减少有缺陷的新生儿。 Howse医师说:“对于母亲和婴儿来说,增加我国谷类食物中叶酸含量的决定是一个胜利,因我们很少有机会用这样低技术的方法预防致残或致死的新生儿缺陷。” According to a report by the American Medical Tribune on April 9, 1996, published by Faivelson, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that folate levels be increased in all fortified foods. This is the first FDA regulation to be adopted since 1943 to reduce defective newborns. “The decision to increase folic acid levels in cereals in our country is a triumph for mothers and infants, as we seldom have the opportunity to prevent such disabling or lethal neonatal defects in such a low-tech way,” Dr. Howse said.