91 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the high level of a specific disease in the southern part of the country and that the owners of infected animals are the dominant suppliers of milk to a very large dairy bottle plant; and if he will have the herds who supply the dairy immediately investigated and the farms who are found to be infected immediately exempted from supplying milk for domestic purposes; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that milk from infected animals is being pasteurised at an extraordinary high temperature to kill the infection, thus seriously damaging nutrients of the milk; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this disease has been found to be related to Crohn’s disease in humans; and if he will make a statement on this matter due to the major implications for public health. [21017/04]

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91 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the high level of a specific disease in the southern part of the country and that the owners of infected animals are the dominant suppliers of milk to a very large dairy bottle plant; and if he will have the herds who supply the dairy immediately investigated and the farms who are found to be infected immediately exempted from supplying milk for domestic purposes; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that milk from infected animals is being pasteurised at an extraordinary high temperature to kill the infection, thus seriously damaging nutrients of the milk; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this disease has been found to be related to Crohn’s disease in humans; and if he will make a statement on this matter due to the major implications for public health. [21017/04]

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