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REVIEW OF EARLY HISTORY OF ENRICHMENT
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... REVIEW OF EARLY HISTORY OF ENRICHMENT The Council on Foods of the American Medical Association issued a statement March 18, 19392 encouraging "the restorative addition of vitamins or minerals or other dietary essentials in such amounts as will raise the content of vitamins or minerals or other dietary essentials of general purpose foods to recognized high natural levels; with the provision that such additions are to be limited to vitamins or minerals or other dietary essentials for which a wider distribution is considered by the Council to be in the interest of public health." In August, 1940 the Subcommittee on Medical Nutrition of the National Research Council issued the following statement3: "It is generally agreed that the diet of the civilian population is minimal in its provision of vitamin BI, and in case of war the deleterious effect of an inadequate supply of vitamin B, is likely to manifest itself (unfavorably) , especially in men doing heavy labor." Following the discovery of the structure of vitamin BI (thiamine)
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