Ministers must reassure consumers feeding cattle Bovaer is safe, says Lady Sheehan
Government should point to evidence of FSA licensing of additive, says chair of environment and climate change committee
The government must urgently reassure consumers that feed additives given to cattle to reduce methane emissions are harmless, and a vital tool in tackling the climate crisis, the chair of an influential parliamentary committee has warned.
Lady Sheehan, chair of the environment and climate change committee of the House of Lords, called on ministers to step up as a row has blown up over the prospective use of the additive Bovaer in British dairy herds supplying Arla, the dairy company.
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Ministers must reassure consumers feeding cattle Bovaer is safe, says Lady Sheehan
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/10/ministers-must-reassure-consumers-feeding-cattle-bovaer-is-safe-says-lady-sheehan