TORONTO, March 4 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods invites members of the media to
participate in a Listeria Management Technical Briefing lead by a panel of
experts that will discuss the following:-  Listeria Overview
           -  Maple Leaf Foods' Food Safety Program
           -  Best Practices and Emerging Technologies
           -  Regulatory Reform

    Who:   Randy Huffman, Chief Food Safety Officer, Maple Leaf Foods
           Iain Stewart, Sr. VP Food Safety & Transformation,
            Maple Leaf Foods
           Dr. Robert Bortolussi, Department of Pediatrics at IWK Health
            Centre in Halifax

    When:  March 6, 2009 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET

    How:  There are three options available to participate in the session :
    Webcast: EN - http://events.startcast.com/events6/91/C0007/Default.aspx
             FR - http://events.startcast.com/events6/91/C0008/Default.aspx

           In person: 30 St. Clair Avenue West, 15th Floor, Toronto
            (limited seating)

           Conference call:
              -  English: 416-340-2217 / 866-696-5910,
                 (Passcode 1263876 followed by the number sign)
              -  French: 514-861-2255 / 877-405-9213,
                 (Passcode 4354063 followed by the number sign)

           For those unable to join the call, a playback will be made
           available one hour after the event at:
           English: 416-695-5800 / 800-408-3053 (Passcode 1263876
            followed by the number sign)
           French: 514-861-2272 / 800-408-3053 (Passcode 1210154
            followed by the number sign)

    RSVP:  Please RSVP to Caroline Spivak at 416-963-6156 or
           spivakca@mapleleaf.ca to register. Please note that in-person
           attendance is limited due to space restrictions.Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading Canadian food processing company.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the Company employs approximately 24,000
people at its operations across Canada and in the United States, United
Kingdom and Asia. The Company had sales of $5.2 billion in 2008.