From Health Ministry to require manufacturers to start adding iodine to salt
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The Health Ministry states that it will issue a regulation requiring manufacturers to add iodine to salt, following a discussion in the Health Committee today, chaired and initiated by committee member MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud).
Adding iodine is crucial for public health, particularly for the development and functioning of toddlers from the early stages of pregnancy, the ministry says.
“There is no reason why 120 countries, including the Palestinian Authority, should add iodine to salt and only Israel should be left behind,” Vaturi says.
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