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12/17/2020 By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Cargill Inc will begin to temporarily close its Guelph, Ontario beef processing plant on Thursday because of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections among workers, the company and a public health organization said. Cargill voluntarily agreed to the closure as 82 workers tested positive for the virus, the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health agency said. As a precaution, 129 other people were self-isolating. "When we see an outbreak of this size, we must use all of the tools available to us to contain the outbreak and ensure the co...

Pandemic Is Starting to Hit North American Meat Plants Again Isis Almeida and Michael Hirtzer, Bloomberg News Signage is displayed outside the Cargill Inc. meat plant in Chambly, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, May 11, 2020. The case-ready facility for beef, pork, chicken and sausage has shut down as the company is “concerned about the number of cases in the community and among our employees,” according to a May 9 statement. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Meat packers across North America are bracin...

iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Dec 18, 2020 12:15pm (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics) Good morning and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Roast Suckling Pig Day — a holiday, we must admit, that seems quite elaborate for a Friday night during a pandemic. Reminder, the Sprout will be taking a holiday break from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3. We’ll be back with all your agriculture news on Jan. 4. Now, here’s today’s agriculture news. The Lead  A Cargill beef-processing plant in Guelph, Ont., has been temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. “As we continu...

The Straits Times Coronavirus pandemic is starting to hit North American meat plants again Cargill Inc has temporarily idled one of its beef plants in Canada after some employees tested positive.PHOTO: REUTERS PublishedDec 18, 2020, 10:30 am SGT https://str.sg/JaHL They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.9...

Cargill to idle Canadian meat plant after COVID cases Isis Almeida and Marcy Nicholson, Bloomberg News Signage is displayed outside the Cargill Inc. meat plant in Chambly, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, May 11, 2020. The case-ready facility for beef, pork, chicken and sausage has shut down as the company is “concerned about the number of cases in the community and among our employees,” according to a May 9 statement. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg , Bloomberg Cargill Inc. is temporarily shutting down its beef processing plan...