Assignment review and SVT News Gävleborg has gained access to a newly made film from one of the larger dairy farms in Hälsingland, which delivers milk to Arla every week. The pictures show how many of the dairy cows are forced to wade around and lie in a thick layer of urine and faeces. In addition, several extremely lean animals are visible.

- It's not just the suffering of the animals, it's also a great pity for all those who do well. Because it will blacken the entire industry when it gets this way. This is not acceptable, absolutely not acceptable, says Birgitta Staaf Larsson.

She has previously analyzed pictures of several cows from the dairy farm and classified them as "very lean" and "unacceptably lean".

"Not seen anything like that"

Margareta Stéen, associate professor of veterinary medicine and also working at the National Center for Animal Welfare at the Swedish University of Agriculture, reacts strongly when she sees the film.

- I who have been county veterinarian for many years, I have to say that this is among the worst I have seen, she says and continues:

- I haven't seen anything like it before. Yet I have worked with animals, animal welfare and animal welfare.

Kalle Hammarberg is a retired agricultural and county veterinarian. He has many years of experience in animal husbandry of cows.

- Dirtiness over all approved limits. The cows are in the shit, he says of the film.

Arla does not want to be interviewed

The farm owner does not want to answer SVT's questions but refers to LRF, the Swedish National Farmers' Association. But they also do not answer any questions about farm keeping.

Arla has refused to interview and says they do not want to discuss a single individual in the media, citing, inter alia, that the farmer is not a company.

The dairy giant also writes in an e-mail that they had previously been temporarily suspended by the milk delivery from the farm and that they had recently done an audit which did not show any serious deficiencies.