OSM Olecko (District Milk Cooperative) from Olecko, Poland is a company well known for its traditional products. It is a member of the European Network of Regional Culinary Heritage and is certified by the “Quality Tradition” national system of food quality.
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SM Olecko is one of the Polish milk cooperatives with the longest tradition of operation. It was established in 1927 in Olecko, a small town located in the heart of the Mazurian Lake District, in north eastern Poland. The District is one of the least polluted regions of the country and is covered by the Green Lungs of Poland programme (the district had also been elected as one of the finalists of the New7Wonders of Nature).
A group of local landowners was behind the formation of the cooperative. After World War II, the Milk and Egg Cooperative was established in January 1949 to purchase and process milk from the nearby counties. In 1954, it was nationalised and forced to operate in this form until 1957, when, after another reorganisation managed by the state authorities, the dairy cooperatives were re-created.
In 1968 the Cooperative received the “Q-like quality” mark for the butter it produced. After the modernisation of the plant conducted in 1973, its production capacity was increased. Five years later a continuous line for the production of butter was launched. The eighties were marked by further increase in milk procurement and production of dairy products. In 1996, the modernisation
