Advocates of A2 milk will have to wait a little longer to see if an international milk-safety study supports their views.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) decided early last year to do its own investigation into the safety of A1 milk, the dominant milk type in New Zealand and in many other countries.
The EFSA decision to look into the science behind A2 milk took the heat off the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA), which started its own review to look at the way it had handled previous reports.
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