A joint federal-provincial initiative will see almost $150,000 in local funding for the Canada Meat Group in North Bay to increase production and expand.
The company, located at the Airport Industrial Park produces Canadian beef and Canadian halal beef products. Its website says the goal is to meet growing demand and to pave the way to bringing quality Canadian halal and non-halal beef products from the farm to your customers’ table."
The money is part of $7 million being spent to quickly increase production and efficiency in meat processing plants across the province.
Through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, 77 projects are receiving cost-share funding to purchase or upgrade equipment that will improve production and safety measures in free-standing meat plants and abattoirs in Ontario. The program was focused on measures that could quickly increase processing capacity as the industry dealt with a shortage of processing capacity, partly related to COVID slowdowns says a news release.
“The COVID pandemic has made it more difficult for our farmers to find the processing capacity that they needed and these investments are part of our rapid response to help both our farmers and our local processing industry to overcome these challenging times,” said MPP Vic Fedeli.
The local money will go toward buying a vacuum sealer and shrink tank to increase production.
“The new equipment allows us to keep our current business and even start a new division,” says Oleksandr Zahrebelnyi, Owner of Canada Meat Group.
