Smithfield Foods, Inc. is closing a hog processing plant in California because of the exorbitant costs of doing business in the Golden State. Views: 0
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California’s Sky-High Costs Force Smithfield Foods to Shut Down Hog Plant in Golden State
Three arrested after murder of Smithfield farmer
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a farmer’s wife from Smithfield in the Free State. Poenkie Bissett’s husband, Arthur Bissett, found her dead next to her vehicle on their farm Korhaanfontein, near Smithfield, on Monday morning. As previously reported , Arthur left the farmhouse around 7:30 a.m. to go to […]
OSHA Fines Smithfield Foods For ‘Failing To Protect Employees’
OSHA Fines Smithfield Foods For ‘Failing To Protect Employees’ Above photo: Some Smithfield Foods workers and their families have protested against the company’s decision not to close plants amid the coronavirus pandemic. Christina Stella / NET Radio. The Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls, which was the epicenter of one of the nation’s largest coronavirus […]
China-owned Smithfield Foods, using U.S. Dept. of Defense grant, moves to supply pig organs for transplantation into humans
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig parts for medical uses, with the ultimate goal of selling pig organs for transplantation into humans. Routine pig-human organ transplants are years away, but recent scientific advances are breaking down barriers that […]