Maple Leaf Foods Suspends Pork Exports to China After Employees at 2 Plants Test Positive for COVID-19

Maple Leaf Foods Suspends Pork Exports to China After Employees at 2 Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
The Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon, Man., in August 2020. Ho - Maple Leaf Foods/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Maple Leaf Foods has temporarily suspended its pork exports to China after employees at its Brandon, Man., and Lethbridge, Alta., plants tested positive for COVID-19, the company said in a news release on Tuesday. 
The meat processor said the decision was made due to a new protocol by China that requires any plant that reports a COVID-19 case to suspend exports to China temporarily.