Maple Leaf Foods follows through on commitment to animal care
Mississauga, Ont. — It`s one of the most well-known names in meat processing and it`s fulfilling a commitment to animal care at its facilities.
Maple Leaf Foods touts its company as one of the leading North American producers of high-quality, sustainable protein with a world class animal care program at its facilities.
With that in mind, Maple Leaf announced on Wednesday (Nov 17), that it will complete transition all breeding sows in company-owned barns to a unique, industry-leading advanced Open Sow Housing System.
The system provides open-housing during pregnancy which allows sows to roam, rest, feed and socialize freely.