Government Supports Local Food Processors
CANADA - A Perth County food processor is improving its processing facility in Mitchell to increase pork production and expand...

Pork Product Launch Could Stimulate Consumption
CANADA - Maple Leaf Consumer Foods is confident the launch of a new premium line of moisture enhanced pork products will...

Moose Jaw Pork Plant Renovations Set to Begin
CANADA - Langley, B.C.-based Donald's Fine Foods is set to begin renovations and hopes to have its recently acquired pork...

New Poultry Processing Plant for Nova Scotia
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - A new chicken and turkey processing plant owned by farmers and Maple Lodge Farms is to open in Kentville....

Food Safety Campaign Targets People at Greater Risk
CANADA - Maple Leaf Foods and the Canadian Public Health Association are taking action to improve Canadian's understanding...

Creating Jobs at Canadian Blast Freezers
CANADA - The Ontario government is helping an eastern Ontario food processing solutions company invest in new equipment that...

Maple Leaf to Sell Ontario Processing Plant
CANADA - Maple Leaf Foods has launched a formal sale process for its Ontario pork processing business located in Burlington,...

Maple Leaf Completes C$250 Million Debt Financing
CANADA - Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods has completed an agreement with a syndicate of banks, including the majority...

Maple Leaf Sees Sales Fall and Earnings Increase
CANADA - Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods saw sales for the first quarter fall by seven per cent to C$1,191.5 million...

Olymel Downscales Iberville Plant
CANADA - Olymel l.p. announces a major rationalisation of operations at its Iberville poultry processing and packaging p...

Canada Strengthens Meat Packing Industry
CANADA - The Government of Canada is strengthening the meat packing and processing sector in Atlantic Canada.

Sunnymel Invests Further in NB Plant
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Sunnymel has announced plans for further investment in its plant at Clair.

Maple Leaf Reports Much Improved Quarterly Results
CANADA - Maple Leaf Foods has reported improved results for fourth quarter and the 2009 financial year.

Sofina Foods to Acquire Lilydale
CANADA - Sofina Foods is to acquire Lilydale in a deal worth more than C$130 million.

More Than Four in Ten Canadians Choose Bacon
CANADA - Maple Leaf celebrates the launch of a new reclosable packaging with a For the Love of Bacon survey. According to...

Province's Stance Disappoints Poultry Processor
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Nadeau Maple Lodge says it is disappointed the province will not intervene in the ongoing battle...

NB Poultry Companies Told to End Dispute
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - The province's agriculture minister is urging Nadeau Maple Lodge and Groupe Westco to resolve their...

Council Blames M-COOL for Processing Plant Closure
CANADA - The chair of Manitoba Pork Council is blaming US Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (M-COOL) for the planned...

Westco-Olymel Says Slaughter Order is Illegal
NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - The Westco-Olymel Partnership considers the ministerial order for all poultry in the province to...

Nova Scotia Supports Local Meat Companies
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - Among the eight companies to receive financial support from a provincial investment fund are Cogmagun...