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Smithfield Foods
North Carolina Bill Barring Adversarial Regimes From Buying Land Passes State House
The North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday prohibiting state-owned companies and hostile foreign nations like China from purchasing farms or any other land near a ...
April 28, 2023
BY
Hannah Ng
Smithfield Foods to Pay $75 Million in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement
Smithfield Foods Inc has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by consumers who accused the ...
September 29, 2022
BY
Reuters
Smithfield Foods Settles Pork Price-Fixing Lawsuit for $42 Million
OMAHA, Neb.—Smithfield Foods will pay restaurants and caterers $42 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the giant ...
July 6, 2022
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The Associated Press
Largest US Pork Processor Leaving Calif.; Bitcoin Falls, Crypto Mkt Value Under $1T | NTD Business
The largest pork processor in the United States is abandoning California. It says it’s not worth doing business ...
June 13, 2022
BY
Paul Greaney
Congressman Wants to End China’s Buying Spree of US Farmland
China has been buying up agricultural land in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. ...
December 9, 2021
BY
Frank Fang
US Meatpackers Questioned Over Massive China Exports
Two U.S. senators have sent a letter (pdf) to major American meatpackers to find out how many tons ...
June 26, 2020
BY
Alan McDonnell
US Meatpackers Back Operating at Over 95 Percent of 2019 Capacity
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced in a statement Tuesday that despite plant closures during the CCP ...
June 11, 2020
BY
Alan McDonnell
Tyson Foods to Resume Limited Production at Largest US Pork Plant
Tyson Foods Inc will resume limited production at its largest U.S. pork plant this week, the company said ...
May 6, 2020
BY
Reuters
Positive COVID-19 Tests Among Workers Likely Won’t Lead to Food Recalls: FDA
No food products will be recalled or otherwise removed from grocery stores even if people involved in the ...
April 17, 2020
BY
Zachary Stieber
Pork Plant at Center of South Dakota’s Virus Outbreak Had Visit From CCP-Tied Owners
--- Update: Following the publication of this article, Smithfield denied that its processing plant in Sioux Falls, South ...
April 15, 2020
BY
Ivan Pentchoukov
Smithfield Foods Closes US Pork Plant Due to CCP Virus
CHICAGO—Smithfield Foods Inc, the world's biggest pork processor, said on Thursday it is temporarily closing a plant in ...
April 9, 2020
BY
Reuters
China Brings Home US Bacon From Smithfield Foods’ Slaughterhouse
SMITHFIELD, Virginia—Smithfield Foods' slaughterhouse in Virginia used to carve up pork for American sandwiches and holiday dinners. But ...
November 5, 2019
BY
Reuters
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, 2018
BY
Reuters
Food Worker Allegedly Urinates on the Job, Wastes 25 Tons of Product
A worker on the production line at a Smithfield Foods plant in Smithfield, Virginia ruined 50,000 pounds of ...
October 18, 2018
BY
Chris Jasurek
American Pork in Chinese Hands: Panel Allows Purchase of Smithfield Foods
A Chinese company will be allowed to buy America’s biggest pork producer, a U.S. panel decided Sept. 6.
September 10, 2013
BY
Conan Milner
American Pork: Falling into the Hands of Chinese Industry
The Chinese purchase of Smithfield Foods is a sweetheart deal for majority shareholders, but critics warn that the ...
July 2, 2013
BY
Conan Milner
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