Burnbrae Farms To Build Egg Grading Facility In Ontario 

Officials and leaders during Burnbrae Farms’ Strathroy ovum installation groundbreaking. Credit: Burnbrae Farms/GlobeNewswire.

Canadian ovum shaper Burnbrae Farms has started building connected a caller ovum grading installation successful Strathroy, Ontario. 

The 150,000 quadrate feet site, located successful nan Molnar Industrial Park, is expected to beryllium operational by precocious 2026.  

It will location precocious grading technologies, including automated lawsuit packing, palletising and depalletising systems, and a afloat integrated automated retention and retrieval system, Burnbrae Farms said successful a statement.  

Commenting connected nan news, Trevor Chang, vice president of operations astatine Burnbrae Farms, said: “Investing successful cutting-edge technologies and sustainable building practices helps america meet nan increasing request for specialty eggs, while advancing our activity successful Canadian ovum production, grading, and processing.

“This installation will guarantee we proceed to service Canadian families pinch high-quality eggs for generations to come.” 

Michael + Clark Construction, a London, Ontario-based contractor, has been appointed to oversee nan construction. 

The tract will besides spot nan implementation of star power and power betterment systems, and electrical statement powerfulness for refrigerated trailers. 

Colin Grantham, Mayor of Strathroy-Caradoc, said: “Burnbrae Farms has been an outstanding firm national for decades, and we look guardant to their continued finance successful our community.”  

Burnbrae Farms has been owned by nan Hudson family for six generations, pinch a history going backmost to its founding successful 1891.  

The institution says it has spent much than 8 decades producing eggs and egg-based products, operating grading, breaking, and farming accommodation successful 5 provinces and supplying markets crossed Canada.

As good arsenic caller eggs, nan group produces ready-to-cook carton eggs and ovum whites nether nan Egg Creations and Naturegg brands, fresh bite-sized quiches nether nan Egg Bites! brand.