The companies are to appear in court in Winnipeg to respond to the charges which relate to things that happened Sept. 18.
Hylife is a large fully-integrated hog production and pork packing company. Among its holdings are the former Springhill Hutterite colony’s hog-packing plant.
Last year Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF of Thailand bought half of Hylife for $498 million.
Charoen operates in 17 countries and exports around the world.