JBS USA has announced that its Canadian subsidiary will go ahead with the acquisition of XL Foods, the Canadian processor at the centre of the country’s major E.coli crisis last year.
Canadian beef producers have welcomed the resumption of work at the XL Foods Inc Lakeside plant, which had been closed in September, following an E.coli outbreak.
The US arm of Brazilian-owned company JBS has taken over the management of XL Foods’ beef processing plant in Canada, which is at the centre of an E.coli outbreak and massive product recall.