§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on bovine somatotropin following recent research at Musgrave Park hospital on concentrations of insulin-like growth factor 1.
§ Mr. SackvilleAll cows' milk contains IGF-1, an insulin-like growth factor. Administering artificially produced bovine somatatrophin to dairy cows results in marginally increased levels of IGF-1 in their milk.
I understand that doctors at the Musgrove Park hospital, Taunton, have been conducting research into possible links between BST and cancer.