Canada has resumed Smithfield Foods’ Tar Heel, North Carolina, U.S. biggest pork-processing plant after a week-long suspension, the company announced on Friday.
The suspension briefly restricted a market for U.S. pork amid farmers’ concerns that trade disputes with major buyers like Mexico, Canada, and China could hurt agricultural exports.
Smithfield CEO, Shane Smith, said the suspension was due to an issue with offal products at the border, not tariffs.