Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17381

Animal Feed: 3-nitrooxypropanol

Tabled: 2 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of long-term health concerns associated with the use of 3-Nitrooxypropanol in cattle feed.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
3-Nitrooxypropanol is the active ingredient in a methane suppressing feed product commercially known as Bovaer. The Food Standards Agency has advised milk from cows given Bovaer, an authorised feed additive used to reduce methane emissions, is safe to dri...

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