Canada resumes imports from biggest U.S. pork plant run by Smithfield Foods

Canada has resumed imports from the biggest U.S. pork-processing plant, a Smithfield Foods facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina, after suspending shipments for about a week, the company said on Friday. The halt temporarily limited a market for American pork products at a time when U.S. farmers fear that agricultural exports will suffer from tit-for-tat tariff disputes with major buyers including Mexico, Canada and China. Smithfield CEO Shane Smith said this week that the facility's suspension centered around a problem with offal products at the border and was unrelated to tariffs. Shares rose slightly on Friday. "Canada temporarily suspended imports…