Smithfield’s facility in North Carolina is the world’s largest processing plant.
The plant has the capacity to process about 32,000 hogs each day.
The CFIA also has a new minister responsible for its work.
As the newly appointed minister of health, Kamal Khera assumes responsibility for the CFIA.
She served as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of health from 2015 to 2017.
From 2021 to 2023 the MP for Brampton West was the minister of seniors, and from 2023 to 2025 was the minister of diversity, inclusion and persons with disabilities.