Greater Manchester farm shop and café issues defiant statement after 'abundance' of messages from customers

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An award-winning dairy farmer with a popular farm shop in Bolton has issued a statement after receiving an ‘abundance’ of concerned messages.

Last week, Arla Food - which owns the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative - announced it would be trailing the use of feed additive Bovaer in around 30 farms.

The additive, which is added to small amounts of cow feed, is said to reduce methane emissions by an average of 27%. But social media has been ablaze with people threatening to pour their milk down the sink as a result - with many concerned about certain compounds featured in the additive.

However, it has been approved for use by UK regulators and several major supermarkets are set to stock the milk, including Tesco, Morrisons and Aldi. READ MORE: Inside the new Spanish tapas restaurant that's given the former Greens' site a new lease of life Experts have told the BBC that Bovaer ‘does not pose any food safety issues’, but many people still have concerns about the inclusion of the additive, which suppresses the enzyme in a cow's stomach.