LeeAnn Peters
Vice President, Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) and Animal Care
LeeAnn Peters is the Vice President, Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Animal Care at Canada Packers, where she leads food safety, quality assurance, animal health and welfare, nutrition, regulatory compliance, and technical services across the company’s pork supply chain.
With 28 years of experience in the pork industry, LeeAnn brings a unique combination of operational, technical, and business expertise, having held leadership roles in animal production, nutrition, continuous improvement, and technical services. Throughout her career, she has built a reputation for driving operational excellence, advancing animal care and food safety programs, and delivering sustainable business improvements.
Prior to joining Canada Packers, LeeAnn served as Director, Technical Services at Maple Leaf Foods, where she led initiatives in animal health and welfare, nutrition, on-farm food safety, quality, innovation, and strategic procurement. She played key leadership roles in several industry-leading programs, including the Advanced Open Sow Housing conversions, the Raised Without Antibiotics production program, and the development of African Swine Fever preparedness and response plans.
LeeAnn’s passion for understanding the epidemiology and production impacts of animal disease has resulted in the publication of co-authored peer reviewed papers, one modelling the transmission of African Swine Fever and one on the previously undocumented amphixenosic behaviour of Streptococcus Zooepidemicus in domestic swine.
LeeAnn holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Animal Science) from the University of Manitoba and is a registered Professional Agrologist. She previously served as a Councillor on the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists Board and is certified as a Professional Animal Auditor for live hog facilities, reinforcing her commitment to agrology, animal welfare, and responsible food production.