RIYADH, 20 February 2006 — The Danish dairy conglomerate Arla Foods, maker of the famous Lurpak butter, has “deferred” plans to set up its multimillion dollar production plant in Saudi Arabia because of the growing boycott of Danish products in the Kingdom and the Middle East region. “The construction of the new production plant in Riyadh is put on hold,” said Astrid Gade Nielsen, a spokeswoman of Arla Foods, yesterday. Astrid told Arab News in a telephone interview from Copenhagen that “Arla had already invested $70 million to build the new plant in cooperation with Danya Foods of Saudi Arabia.”