[walshemj]

Do they not add iodine in salt in Germany?

[sliverstorm]

Looking around, it sounds like they didn't:

The practice of putting iodine into food had been banned in West Germany since after World War II.

    http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/germanyiodine.htm

In Germany it has been estimated to cause a billion dollars in health care costs per year.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency#Deficiency

But, supposedly are in the middle of iodizing their salt.

[matt4077]

That's just wrong. You sometimes see salt without iodine, but it's almost rare. Has been for as long as I can remember.

[walshemj]

Really I am surprised that the EU hasn't mandated it or some one in Germany hasn't taken the government to court.

[Genmutant]

Yes, they do. I think that's the only one which is (normally) fortified.