Olymel Planning to Reopen Quebec Pork Plant on Tuesday

Real Agriculture
By: Kelvin Heppner
April 11, 2020

Olymel says it will be resuming operations at its hog slaughter and cutting plant at Yamachiche, Quebec on Tuesday, April 14 after closing for more than two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The plant, which normally processes 28 thousand pigs per week, has been closed since March 29, after nine employees tested positive for the virus.

“On behalf of Olymel management, I would like to thank all of the Yamachiche plant employees, who have been following lockdown instructions since March 29 and have agreed to come back to work on April 14 in these current difficult circumstances. To everyone at the Yamachiche plant and our other Olymel plants who has tested positive for COVID-19, we wish you a speedy recovery,” says Olymel president and CEO Réjean Nadeau, in a statement on April 11.

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