An Ontario court has approved the sale of two facilities owned by the Canadian company that processed plant-based milk linked to a deadly listeria outbreak.
Court documents show Joriki is selling its Delta, B.C., plant to Happy Planet Foods and its Toronto plant to Top Shelf Food and Beverage Corp.
Joriki is also in the process of liquidating the Pickering, Ont., plant where the outbreak occurred.
The company was granted court protection from its creditors after financial challenges stemming in part from the recalls of several plant-based milks under the Silk and Great Value brands it manufactured.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the Pickering plant was the source of a listeria outbreak that infected at least 20 people and led to three deaths between August 2023 and July 2024….