The plants process about 32 million kg of chicken a year, using air chilling and including antibiotic-free and organic-standard chicken.
Maple Leaf has also bought all of Cericola’s processed chicken from its plant at Schomberg. The deal includes an option to buy that plant and associated plant supply quota in three years.
Last year Cericola was found guilty of failing to meet Canadian Food Inspection Agency standards for labeling some of its processed chicken.
