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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Requires Folic Acid Fortification in Corn Masa Products Beginning January 2027
Last action · March 5, 2026: CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight CommitteeSponsors: Nicole Miller and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning January 1, 2027, Oklahoma requires all corn masa flour and s sold or manufactured in the state to contain specified levels of folic acid, with exceptions for certified organic foods, small-scale operators, and one non-fortified option per grocery store. The measure also mandates nutritional and manufacturing label declarations while permitting alternative forms of folate such as L-methylfolate or folinic acid.
Food manufacturers, distributors, and grocery stores in Oklahoma must alter their product formulations and labeling to comply with new nutrient standards or face administrative and operational adjustments, while consumers gain explicit access to alternative folate forms and one unfortified brand option per store.
- Folic acid fortification in grain products is a common public health measure used to prevent neural tube defects. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Corn masa manufacturers and food processors
Must reformulate corn masa flour and wet corn masa products to meet required folic acid or alternative folate levels and update product labels.
Grocery stores and food retailers
Must ensure stock complies with new ingredient and labeling rules while retaining the option to offer one non-fortified brand.
Oklahoma consumers
Gain access to fortified corn masa staple products along with alternative folate options and unfortified choices.
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Are all corn masa products required to have added folic acid?
Can manufacturers use forms of folate other than synthetic folic acid?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 5, 2026HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
- Feb 19, 2026HouseAuthored by Senator Murdock (principal Senate author)
- Feb 19, 2026HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Alonso-Sandoval, Miller
- Feb 19, 2026HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health
- Feb 2, 2026HouseRemove Representative Alonso-Sandoval as principal House author and substitute with Representative Pae
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
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- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Mandatory Micronutrient Fortification
Expands state-level regulation into mandating specific vitamin concentrations in primary food staples like corn masa.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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