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/
The UK dairy groups, Dairy Crest and Unigate, have decided to pool their respective dairy businesses in a joint company. If approved by the two groups' shareholders, the merger will take effect from the end of May, the companies announce
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/uk-dairy-merger-760507/
MD Foods has sold off its subsidiary in Seoul to Korea Dairy Holdings, a member of Citygroup. The dairy, which has 95 employees and an annual turnover of approx DKK 200 million, produces liquid milk and fresh products from locally produc
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/md-foods-sells-korean-dairy-760508/
Following Britain's Office of Fair Trading's approval of the merger between Arla and MD Foods, five countries have now approved the establishment of the new Arla Foods. After the UK, Germany, Denmark, Finland and Norway, only the competi
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/uk-approves-md-arla-merger-760509/
Prince Henrik was shown around Oakthorpe Dairy by Dairy Manager Jon Wood who was surprised by the Prince's naturalness. "He was very pleasant to talk to and seemed interested in the production," said Jon Wood following the Prin
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/royal-visit-to-uk-dairy-760510/
Harmonie is set to become one of the first organic milk products to feature in a full advertising campaign in the UK, where the market for organic milk products is continuing to grow. The longer-term aim of the campaign is to make Harmon
On Monday, staff at Fredericia Dairy were informed that MD Foods' Supervisory Board had approved the closure of the dairy with effect from March 27. While most of the dairy's production will be transferred to Tyrstrup Dairy, the Hobro an
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/fredericia-dairy-to-be-closed-760514/
Lurpak Spreadable will now be launched in Norway as Lurpak Smørbar. Although many Norwegians are already familiar with the Lurpak name and Lurpak Spreadable from visits to Denmark and the UK, Norway's import quotas for cheese and butter,
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/lurpak-for-norway-760515/
On Monday, MD Foods' Supervisory Board approved an agreement between Denmark's competition authorities and MD Foods, resulting in the sale of one further dairy and a tightening of the terms for the sale of dairy capacity which was agreed
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/danish-yes-to-merger-760517/
The first to do so, the Finnish competition authorities have approved the merger between MD Foods and the Swedish Arla. The announcement follows consultations with the Finnish retail trade which raised no objections to the merger on comp
https://www.arla.com/company/news-and-press/2000/pressrelease/finnish-yes-to-arla-foods-760241/
The Swedish competition authorities have announced their intention to subject the proposed merger between MD Foods and Arla to an in-depth examination. The announcement complies with Swedish law, which obliges the competition auth