Company Responsibilities

Charitable Initiatives:  The company extends expertise in food processing and distribution to support programs, allowing its business policies to offer all possible support to various charitable organizations and through food and financial donations that fight hunger in our communities. Maple Leaf Foods and its employees is extensively involved in charities that benefit from their skills and desire to help others.

These programs include support to food banks, centres that deliver emergency food services. Apart form these, education, particularly in food nutrition research, is offered on national and international scale. Food donations is provided to organizations that distribute foods to those less fortunate.

Animal Welfare: Maple Leaf Foods continues to maintain balance between the basic needs of animals and providing consumers with the best quality food at affordable prices. Those involved with raising, handling and processing of animals and poultry serve as stewards of the animals. Also, all meat processing operations are federally inspected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.


Environment: Maple Leaf Foods is committed to environmental responsibility and reduced consumption of non-renewable resources and waste generation. Several environmental projects covering areas such as air emissions, waste water control and waste management etc. Employees are educated on the environmental policy and environmental protection principles.

Health & Safety: Safety and health of its employees is something the company strives for everyday. All injuries are reported as per the company rules and policies.

A picture from inside the Maple Leaf  Foods Toronto Plant

Source: http://www.mapleleaf.ca/en/corporate/company-info/company-responsibility/

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