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Cargill Ltd CARGIL.UL CARG.UL said on Monday (April 20, 2020) it had begun the process of temporarily idling its Canadian beef plant in High River, Alberta, because of the COVID-19 outbreak as provincial health officials said hundreds of workers at the plant had become infected.
In her daily media update, Alberta Chief Medical Officer Deena Hinshaw said a total of 484 cases of the coronavirus in the province were tied to the Cargill plant, including 360 workers. One worker at the plant has died.
Earlier on Monday, the Canadian arm of the U.S. agribusiness Cargill Ltd said in a statement the entire High River beef plant would be idled once it had finished processing the protein already on site. The company gave no timeline for when operations would resume and said it was encouraging all staff to get tested for the novel coronavirus as soon as possible.
“Effective today, we have begun the process to temporarily idle Cargill’s High River facility,” the statement read. “Considering the community-wide impacts of the virus, we encourage all employees to get tested for the COVID-19 virus as now advised by Alberta Health Services as soon as possible.”
The Cargill beef plant, which produces patties for McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N), represents about 36% of total Canadian processing capacity, according to industry data.
Earlier this month, Cargill reduced production at its High River plant after several dozen workers became infected with the new coronavirus. Find more...
Source: Online/SZK
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