03/06/2011

A new variant of the superbug MRSA has been found in cows milk. Pasteurised milk is still safe to consume, according to Dr Mark Holmes the Cambridge University scientist who led the research. But he claims there is a danger of MRSA being spread through unpasteurised milk and by people who work on farms. Dairy UK thinks this research might call for the end of untreated milk.

Coilin Nunan from the Soil Association claims the use of antibiotics may have caused this new strain of MRSA. However, Dr Elizabeth Berry from Dairy Co doesn't think that farmers should be blamed.

And farmers in the Eden Valley in Cumbria talk about whether they should be paid for giving value to society.

Presented by Caz Graham. Produced by Emma Weatherill.