Update: Smithfield Closes Genuine Ham Smokehouse; Evaluates New Sites

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Sara Brown, writer for Pork Business, quotes Ken Sullivan, Smithfield Foods president and chief executive officer, in this article about genuine Smithfield ham. "While we have closed the original smokehouse that produced these hams due to its age, we have plenty of these hams in inventory," Ken Sullivan told Farm Journal's PORK. This gives the company the opportunity to look for alternatives for the production of the Genuine Smithfield Ham in Smithfield, Va. Read the story.

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