July 27 (Reuters) - Canadian meat-packaging company Maple Leaf Foods Inc MFI.TO reported a 19 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by strong performance in its pork products.
Net earnings rose to C$37.3 million ($30 million), or 28 Canadian cents per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from C$31.4 million, or 23 Canadian cents, a year earlier. Leaf, one of Canada's biggest pork processors, said sales rose to C$925.9 million from C$854.6 million.
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