A new strain of the MRSA superbug which is undetectable by standard tests has been found in the milk of British cows as well as a small number of humans.
But experts insisted there was no danger in catching the bug from drinking milk or eating dairy products, and that the clinical implications were “negligable”.
Health officials said they would ask an expert committee to examine whether hospitals, farms or food safety regulators needed to take any action.
Scientists speculated that cost pressures and intensive farming methods, which see antibiotics routinely used to protect livestock, may have contributed to the emergence of the new drug-resistant strain of MRSA.
MRSA is a drug-resistant form of a usually harmless common bacterium which can be deadly when it…