High meat production costs are forcing Danish Crown to shift the deboning of foreends in Skærbæk primarily to other Danish Crown facilities in Germany. This means that the deboning facility in Skærbæk will be closed, a step which will come to affect 50 employees.

- It’s a tricky situation, especially for the many affected employees. But the will to make the necessary decisions is crucial to ensuring the company’s future competitiveness in the market – and in the long term to preserving Danish workplaces, says Morten Petersen, Managing Director of the Pork Division. The sow slaughterhouse and other functions in Skærbæk are being preserved. The closure takes effect from 30 January 2009.