High Liner Foods Closes New Hampshire Plant Due to Staff COVID-19 Cases
Seafood processing and production have been redirected to High Liner's Virginia and Nova Scotia plants.
High Liner Foods has temporarily suspended all production at its Portsmouth, New Hampshire, plant where it has confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. High Liner Foods is activating its COVID-19 response plan including deep cleaning, contact tracing and risk assessment. High Liner Foods will resume operations at its Portsmouth plant as soon as it is responsible to do so. In order to minimize impact to supply, the company has already started redirecting a portion of production from its Portsmouth plant to its Newport News, Virginia, and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia plants.
"Our priority is the health and safety of our employees who are doing essential work supplying food to families across North America," said Rod Hepponstall, President and Chief Executive Officer of High Liner Foods. "We are maximizing all available resources to safeguard our people and ensure a steady supply of frozen seafood to meet the needs of retailers and consumers across North America during this unprecedented time."