In an initial step toward what could be the first wrongful-death suit of its kind, Texas resident Steven Trunnell has filed a petition against Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, ...

Newly-available U.S. Department of Agriculture documents (published here) show that at Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. near Tar Heel, a pig who had been gassed with carbon dioxide was dumped onto a ...

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CHICAGO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods said on Tuesday it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the ...

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Monday it will sell 150,000 female pigs to Murphy Family Ventures. The deal will further reduce the number of hogs owned ...

American pork manufacturer Smithfield Foods is ending its grower contracts with 26 hog farms in Utah. The decision, the group said, will help boost efficiency in the supply chain as it deals with “an ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said Thursday it is on track to end the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant at its U.S.

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pig and pork producer, announced it would close 35 Missouri farms via the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act — better known as WARN.

CHICAGO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's biggest pork processor, is permanently closing 35 hog farm sites in Missouri and laying off 92 employees in October, according to a Missouri ...

Pigs are held at a Smithfield Foods Inc. pork processing facility in Milan, Mo. CHICAGO — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, is permanently closing 35 hog farm sites in Missouri and ...