By Canadian Press

Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death

Jun 18, 2025 | 10:08 AM

EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died.

The Crown has asked for 25 other charges to be withdrawn against Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc.

A judge has yet to rule on a sentence.

The company was charged after 33-year-old Samir Subedi died in March 2023.

Subedi had gone to check the temperature of the smokehouse and was trapped inside.

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He was found by a co-worker and later died due to heat exposure.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025.

Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press