(Updates with particulars about meat demand, diminished inspection hours)
(Updates with particulars about meat demand, diminished inspection
hours)
By Kelsey Johnson
OTTAWA, March 27 (Reuters) – The Canadian Meals Inspection
Company (CFIA) has shut manufacturing at Concord Beef, an Alberta
packing plant, attributable to issues concerning the unfold of COVID-19, an
business group mentioned on Friday.
The company was on web site making an attempt to rectify the scenario, mentioned
Marie-France Mackinnon, vice-president of communications on the
Canadian Meat Council.
Particulars of the issues weren’t instantly out there.
A spokesman for Concord Beef couldn’t be reached.
The unfold of COVID-19 has led to shopper hoarding of
groceries, together with staples akin to meat and bread.
The CFIA instructed meat-processing vegetation final week it might be
decreasing the company’s staffed hours at home vegetation as a result of
of capability constraints.
(Reporting by Kelsey Johnson in Ottawa and Rod Nickel in
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Enhancing by Sandra Maler and Alistair Bell)
(([email protected]; Twitter: @RodNickel_Rtrs;
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Key phrases: HEALTH CORONAVIRUS/CANADA BEEF (UPDATE 1)
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