TSX: MFI
    www.mapleleaf.comTORONTO, March 5 /CNW/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) today re-filed
on SEDAR copies of its Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. This re-filing is required as the
document previously filed on March 2, 2009 contained certain non-material
errors in four tables that occurred through the type setting process.
    Copies of the re-filed MD&A are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and
on the Company's website at www.mapleleaf.ca.

    Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered
in Toronto, Canada. The Company employs approximately 24,000 people at its
operations across Canada and in the United States, the United Kingdom and
Asia. The Company had sales of $5.2 billion in 2008.