TSX: MFI
    www.mapleleaf.com

    TORONTO, April 9 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Annual and Special Meeting
of Shareholders will be held:When:     Thursday, April 24, 2008
    Time:     11:00 a.m.
    Where:    Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, 250 Front Street, Toronto, Ontario.Access live via webcast http://events.startcast.com/events/91/B0025

    If you are unable to participate, playback of the webcast will be
archived and available on the Company's website under the Presentations &
Webcasts section at www.mapleleaf.com shortly after the close of the Annual
Meeting.

    Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading Canadian food processing company.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the Company employs approximately 23,000
people at its operations across Canada and in the United States, United
Kingdom and Asia. The Company had sales of $5.2 billion in 2007.