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Monday, August 10, 1998 Published at 20:25 GMT 21:25 UK
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Health scare over milk
The government is launching a nationwide survey into milk quality following fears that it could be carrying a bacteria causing bowel disease.
Experts from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will investigate all types of milk for the bacteria mycobacterium paratuberculosis.
The bacteria causes Johne's disease, a disorder of cattle across the world.
But it is one of several factors that have been suggested as causing Crohn's Disease, a chronic inflammation affecting the intestine in humans.
Previous research suggested that pasteurisation should destroy the organism.
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