The Food Standards Agency (FSA) insisted yesterday that the reported link between milk and Crohn’s disease has not been “universally proved.” Nevertheless, the food watchdog revealed that it is set to identify “precautionary measures” aimed at reducing human exposure to a bug found in milk believed to cause the disease. 

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According to official estimates, around 80,000 people in the UK suffer from Crohn’s disease, which is characterised by chronic diarrhoea, daily abdominal pain and weight loss. Some medical experts link the disease to an organism found in milk, called MAP Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis.


The FSA added that despite the investigation, milk is still a valuable source of nutrition, especially for children.

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