Some Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff were pulled off the job Friday, effectively shutting down Harmony Beef north of Balzac, Alta.
Alberta’s health department notified Harmony on Thursday that a worker who had not been on the job for days had tested positive, Harmony spokesman Crosbie Cotton said.
The company then sent the other workers in his part of the slaughter area home for 14 days, even though they did not display symptoms.
Then on Friday there were not enough CFIA inspectors at work to enable continued operations.
The plant has capacity to slaughter 750 head per day.
