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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is suspending operations in its poultry plant in Brampton, Ont., after three COVID-19 cases that occurred in people working at the facility.

The company says it’s deep cleaning the plant as it completes an investigation into the cases.

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“Our goal is to complete the investigation and the deep cleaning as quickly as reasonably possible. We will not begin operating again until we are confident that it is safe to return to work,” Maple Leaf CEO Michael McCain said in a statement.

Maple Leaf says an additional COVID-19 case has occurred in an employee at a plant in Hamilton, but the worker had not been present at the plant for two weeks before the diagnosis.

It says it has completed thorough sanitation at that plant and it is fully operating.

“This is truly an unprecedented period for our company and the entire food industry,” McCain said. “Maple Leaf Foods takes our responsibility to feed people seriously every day of the year. You have my personal assurance that we stand with our 13,000 team members and with our customers in getting through this difficult crisis.”