"I really was in shock because we grow with these kinds of tortillas since generations, and we never have any problems. We have healthy kids,"
"So like, do we really need to put these in the tortillas?"
"It's not only Latinos who eat tortillas, but everybody around the world also eats tortillas,"
California will require manufacturers to add folic acid to corn masa products, including tortillas, beginning January 1, with mom-and-pop shops exempted. Folic acid promotes new cell growth and can reduce birth defects by up to 70 percent. A 1998 FDA mandate required folic acid in certain enriched grains but excluded corn masa, and Latina women have not experienced decreases in neural tube defects. Lawmakers view fortifying corn masa as a targeted public health strategy. Fortification costs about four pennies per metric ton of masa, while individual supplements cost substantially more, and some manufacturers already fortify tortillas.
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