XL Foods – Recall of 800 employees one day after layoffs

The meat processing company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak is recalling 800 workers it laid off only a day earlier, breaking an impasse that kept federal inspectors from completing their review of the operation.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) evaluation of XL Foods ground to a halt this weekend when the firm announced it was temporarily laying off 2,000 workers. Federal inspectors said they had nothing to inspect without the workers handling the beef.

The Brooks, Alta.-based company blamed the layoff decision on the fact the federal government hadn’t given it a firm date for when it would get its license back in order to fully resume operations.

But late Sunday afternoon, XL Foods put out a news release saying it was recalling 800 workers to help the CFIA finish its job…

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