(NAFB.com) – Canadian exports from Smithfield’s Tar Heel, North Carolina facility have resumed. Two weeks ago, Canada temporarily suspended imports from this facility following an issue with a limited number of certain offal shipments. No other Smithfield Foods facilities or U.S. pork processing plants were named in the original FSIS announcement. News of the suspension came as President Trump announced temporary tariff exemptions for some Canadian and Mexican goods that are compliant under the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement until April 2. However, Smithfield Foods said at the time that the suspension of shipments to Canada was unrelated to the trade negotiations. In a statement, Smithfield said they are grateful to the USDA and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for a quick resolution of this matter.