A row has erupted over new research claiming to prove a clear link between bacteria in pasteur- ised milk and the bowel disorder Crohns disease.
Results of a study carried out by John Hermon-Taylor, a professor at St Georges Medical School in London, suggest the bacteria Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis (MAP) can cause Crohns disease in humans. Hermon-Taylor also claims the bacteria is found in pasteurised milk.
The report has angered the British dairy industry. One senior figure