All Smithfield products not only meet our customers' high flavor standards but also meet the highest quality and safety standards in the industry. All while being produced right here in the USA. Founded by Peter Eckrich in 1894, Eckrich® has a rich heritage starting from a small meat market in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

WH Group Smithfield Foods, Inc., is a pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia. It operates as an independent subsidiary of the Chinese-owned conglomerate WH Group.

Smith said he has encountered conspiracy theories about Smithfield and WH over the years, including that Smithfield sends hogs to China for processing, which are then sent back to the U.S. consumer. The company raises and processes its hogs in the U.S., he said.

Smithfield Foods is shuttering 35 hog farm operations in Missouri to cut costs as the industry deals with tough market dynamics.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is the pork brand Americans trust the most, according to a recent consumer survey conducted for Newsweek Magazine.

Smithfield is the world's largest pork producer, pork processor, and the number one pork supplier in the United States to retail, foodservice and export markets. The company purchases approximately 150 million bushels of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum annually to feed its 16 million hogs.

Smithfield area. In the Middle Ages, it was a broad grassy area known as Smooth Field, located beyond London Wall stretching to the eastern bank of the River Fleet. Given its ease of access to grazing and water, Smithfield established itself as London's livestock market, remaining so for almost 1,000 years.

China Unsurprisingly, China is the leading pork producer worldwide, producing about 50 million metric tons of pork each year.

Smithfield sent roughly 38.8 million pounds of pork to China between June and September, according to Panjiva, a division of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Smithfield Packing is seen from an aerial view Wednesday afternoon June 26, 2019.

At Smithfield, female pigs endure constant cycles of forced pregnancy. Newborn piglets are taken from their mothers after just a few weeks. They have their teeth clipped in half, their tails cut off, and their ears mutilated, and the males have their testicles ripped out - all without any painkillers.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2022 – Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., a Sioux Center, Iowa establishment, is recalling approximately 185,610 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) bacon topping products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection ...

If you're looking for the best pork in the world, then you need to try Ibérico pork. Ibérico pigs are native to Spain, and they are known for their high-quality meat. Ibérico pigs are fed a diet of acorns, which gives their meat a unique flavor that is unlike any other pork in the world.

Smithfield Foods has led the U.S. pork industry in installing equipment to anesthetize pigs using CO2. Our facilities use the Butina® CO2 Backloader anesthetizer system, which allows pigs to move slowly, in small groups, minimizing stress for the animals and their handlers.

It's worth noting that Smithfield's use of gas chambers to stun pigs forces them to endure their last minutes suffocating in extreme pain, thrashing around and screaming, desperate to escape.

Smithfield, Virginia Our Products Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, Smithfield Foods is an American food company dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly.®"

It is thought that the name Smithfield came from a corruption of 'smeth field' Saxon for 'Smoothfield'. The City of London gained market rights under a charter granted by Edward III in 1327.