Maple Leaf Foods controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Bread-industry investigation and price-fixing litigation
Maple Leaf Foods disclosed an ongoing Competition Bureau investigation into the Canadian bread industry, including alleged price fixing and securities-disclosure matters. The company was also named in class-action litigation concerning alleged bread price fixing involving Canada Bread and other parties.
2008
Listeriosis outbreak and Toronto plant recall
In August 2008, Maple Leaf Foods recalled products made at a Toronto facility after a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak. The incident caused illnesses and deaths and led to intense scrutiny of the company’s sanitation controls, recall response, food-safety governance, and the Canadian meat-inspection system.