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Cargill meat plant in Guelph returns to full operations following COVID-19 outbreak The Cargill meat processing plant in Guelph is set to return to full operations this week. It shutdown between Dec. 16 and Dec. 29 following a COVID-19 outbreak that saw 154 positive cases. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 6 The plant reopened on Dec. 29 after it was shutdown due to COVID-19 outbreak.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

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...

There are 21 employees at a Cargill meat processing plant in Guelph that have tested positive for COVID-19, the union that represents workers says. As well, approximately 80 employees have been identified as close contacts and have been sent home.