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Largest US Pork Packer Closing California Plant, Citing High Costs and Red Tape

Smithfields Inc., the largest pork packer in the United States, is leaving California due to high operational costs and red tape. "Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced that it will cease ...

June 11, 2022BY Allen Zhong

Activists Cited for Break-In, Attempted Pig Rescue at Farmer John Plant

VERNON, Calif. (CNS)—Seven animal rights activists were cited for trespassing while trying to rescue a pig from the ...

September 27, 2020BY City News Service

Smithfield Reopens Illinois Pork Plant After COVID-19 Shutdown

Smithfield Foods has reopened its hog slaughterhouse in Monmouth, Illinois, after a weeklong shutdown because of COVID-19, the ...

May 4, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

Smithfield Pork Plant Workers Say They Can’t Cover Mouths to Cough

A Smithfield Foods employee, along with a local advocacy group, have filed a lawsuit alleging such performance pressure ...

April 24, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

Smithfield to Close More Pork Plants Amid Infection Fears

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, announced on April 15 that it would close two U.S. plants ...

April 16, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

Smithfield Foods Plant One of the Top CCP Virus Hotspots in US

A South Dakota plant operated by Smithfield Foods, a Chinese-owned meat company with facilities across the United States, ...

April 15, 2020BY Jack Phillips

USDA Terminates Chinese-Owned Smithfield Farm Aid Contract

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $240,000 purchase contract with Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods that had been awarded ...

November 16, 2018BY Reuters

Are US Farms as Bad as Animal Activists Say?

By now, anyone who has a TV or computer has seen appalling scenes of farm cruelty against chickens, ...

May 7, 2015BY Martha Rosenberg