Maple Leaf Foods has voluntarily suspended exports of pork to China following an outbreak of COVID-19 in a Brandon, Manitoba plant.The company said late Tuesday that it was proactively complying with new Chinese government protocols for Canadian processors that require that any plant reporting a positive COVID-19 case suspend exports to China temporarily.
1 dead, 24 Maple Leaf Foods employees infected with COVID-19 at Montreal plant “We respect China’s new import protocols for Canadian products and are working cooperatively with Canadian and Chinese authorities to resume exports quickly,” Maple Leaf chief executive Michael McCain said in a statement.Shares of the Mississauga, Ontario-based company were trading up 2.03% at C$30.20 on.