On Tuesday, June 6 MD Foods and Arla will officially change name to Arla Foods. However, on Monday, May 22, the Danish team for Euro 2000, sponsored by Arla Foods, will begin sporting the group's new logo when training for the final roun
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/arla-foods-off-to-an-early-start-on-the-football-field-760397/
Next Wednesday, only a week after the merger, the two traditional football rivals, Denmark and Sweden, will clash in yet another classic contest in Copenhagen. Who should we support? MD Foods' sponsorship of Denmark's Euro and Wor
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/a-real-local-derby-760402/
MD Foods won top honours within three categories at the recent Cheese and Butter World Championships in Wisconsin, USA. Within mozzarella, Rødkærsbro Dairy's 200 g mozzarella came out tops, while Varde Butter Dairy's Lurpak secured the W
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/three-world-championships-for-md-foods-760234/
The MD Foods-Arla merger has been approved by the Greek authorities. This means that the competition authorities in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, UK and Greece have now approved the merger. Sweden's approval is expected on April 10.
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/greece-approves-merger-only-sweden-remains-760235/
At the MD Foods' Board of Representatives' meeting last Monday, the 84 Danish members of the Board of Representatives of the new Arla Foods elected new board members. The merger agreement stipulates that the new Arla Foods' Board
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/elections-to-arla-foods-board-760236/
Norwegian supermarkets, which removed "Gamle Ole" and "Sorte Sara" cheese from their shelves last weekend following a listeria scare, are now stocking these popular products once again. The suspension of "
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/gamle-ole-returns-to-norwegian-shops-760238/
Norwegian authorities' suspicions about a possible link between the death of a 54- year-old man from listeria poisoning in Oslo and two types of Danish cheese, now seem to have been allayed. According to the Norwegian health authorities,
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/no-link-between-norwegian-listeria-and-danish-cheese-760239/
Although BSE, "mad cow disease," cannot be transmitted via milk, a number of MD Foods' importers in the Middle East and Far East have requested further documentation that MD's dairy products carry no risk of the disease followi
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/no-risk-of-bse-in-milk-products-760240/
The death of a 54-year-old Norwegian, caused by listeria bacteria last weekend had no connection to Danish cheese, the Norwegian health authorities have confirmed following Norwegian newspaper reports that the victim had eaten the MD Foo
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/no-risk-from-danish-cheese-760504/
Investigation of brain material from a 3½ year-old cow of a red Danish dairy breed in a herd in Jutland has revealed bovine spongiform encephalopathy/BSE/mad cow disease. The disease has only been detected once before in Denmark in Augus
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/no-risk-attached-to-milk-760505/
On November 10, 1999, Kolding Export Terminal obtained ISO 9002 certification. This means that the continuous chilled chain from the reception of milk to production of cheese and delivery to the customer has now been ISO certified. <
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/1999/pressrelease/iso-certification-for-kolding-export-terminal-760252/
On Thursday, 268 Danish milk producers and 15 staff representatives will vote on the proposal put forward by the Board of MD Foods that the Group merges with the Swedish dairy company, Arla, to form Europe's largest dairy group under the
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/1999/pressrelease/vote-on-merger-760255/