Vitalus Nutrition said it will soon start construction of a 143,000-square-foot addition to its milk-processing plant at Abbotsford, British Columbia.
The same plant was expanded two years ago. It processes milk into ingredients such as powders.
The province said it is supporting the project with $25 million and the federal government gave Vitalus $5 million in February from its Supply Management Processing Investment Fund which compensates the industry for facing increased competition from imports allowed under trade agreements with the United States, Europe and the Pacific Partnership.
The addition will increase the plant’s processing capacity by 50 per cent and will cut into butter sales from Eastern Canada, the provincial government said.
