Smithfield Foods Stops Slaughtering Pigs at U.S. Hometown Plant
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, has stopped slaughtering pigs in the United States’ so-called ham capital, where the company was founded 85 years ago. …
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Gwaltney Partners With Roc Solid Foundation for Fourth Year to Build Hope for Kids Fighting Cancer
Gwaltney® and Roc Solid Foundation will join together for the fourth consecutive year to support kids fighting cancer through the Building On Hope campaign. As part of the initiative, Gwaltney will donate $50,000 which will provide 10 Roc Solid On Demand (ROD) playsets and three Play It Forward playsets to 13 families across the Southeast. …
Smithfield Foods Names Shane Smith President and Chief Executive Officer, Succeeding Dennis Organ
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced it has appointed Shane Smith, a two-decade veteran of the company and, most recently, its chief strategy officer, as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Mr. Smith will succeed Dennis Organ, who is stepping down for personal reasons. …
Smithfield Foods to Pay $83 Million to Settle Pork Price-Fixing Claims
Smithfield Foods said on Wednesday it will pay $83 million to settle litigation that accused several companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market to inflate prices and their own profits. …
Mexico Rejected Tainted Pork at U.S. Border Before Barring Smithfield Plant
Mexican inspectors have rejected three pork skin cargos at the U.S.-Mexico border since April from the biggest U.S. pork plant operated by industry giant Smithfield Foods as well as another shipper, the country’s health safety agency told Reuters. …