Cargill Limited says it has temporarily closed its London poultry processing plant due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The company says there is an active case count of 82 with 900 people working at the facility.
Cargill says it has no definite timeline on when the plant will reopen. The company says it made the decision out of an abundance of caution as its workforce deals with the community-wide impacts of COVID-19.
In a statement, the company said it’s working with the Middlesex-London Health Unit to ensure appropriate prevention, testing and cleaning is being done at the plant on Cuddy Boulevard.
Cargill is the first large business in the city to shut down because of an outbreak.
