MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. President and CEO Michael McCain on April 8 issued a statement to update the company's efforts to respond to COVID-19:
"As a major food company in an essential industry, Maple Leaf Foods is doing everything possible to protect the health of our 13,000 team members while producing the food our customers in North America and Asia need now more than ever.
Today, we are suspending operations in our Brampton Poultry plant in Brampton, Ontario, out of an abundance of caution while we complete an investigation into three COVID cases that have. . .