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Smithfield Foods

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Smithfield Foods is a pork producer and food-processing company. It is based in Smithfield, Virginia. It is an independent subsidiary of the Chinese-owned conglomerate WH Group. It was founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packing Company by Joseph W. Luter and his son. It is the largest pig and pork producer in the world.