Smithfield Foods, Inc. is remained active in the government proceedings regarding matters on wastewater releases by its former Souderton facility.
Souderton, which is now owned by JBS Souderton, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS Packerland, Inc. (collectively JBS Packerland), previously…
Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s former Souderton facility continues to face environmental investigations brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
The Souderton facility, which is now owned by JBS Souderton,…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. could face lawsuits on environmental releases at its former meat processing and packaging facility located in Bedford, Va., in which the releases occurred in fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2007.
The Company’s Smithfield Packing subsidiary operated the facility, which…
Under permits and consent judgments with regulatory agencies, Smithfield Foods, Inc. anticipates upgrades totaling about US$6.6 million to pollution control equipment at its Patrick Cudahy facility in fiscal 2010.
The Company also anticipates upgrades to wastewater treatment plant systems at certain…
Smithfield Foods, Inc., as of May 3, 2009, estimates costs to comply with a judgment and decree, over its acquisition of Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PSF), to be about US$40.9 million, of which US$26.3 million had been spent.
Prior to its…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. says that settlement discussions over a Notice of Violation issued to its unit Farmland, over breaches at Farmland’s facility in Crete, Nebr., are ongoing.
In December 2008, EPA Region 7 issued a Notice of Violation to Farmland relative…
Settlement discussions are ongoing between Smithfield Foods, Inc. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to air permit violations at Farmland Foods, Inc. facility in Crete, Nebr.
On December 5, 2008, EPA Region 7 issued a Notice of Violation (the NOV)…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates continue to be parties to litigation in Missouri involving a number of claims alleging that hog farms owned or under contract with the defendants interfered with the plaintiffs’ use and…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. reports that investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission into incidents at the former Souderton facility are still ongoing.
As previously disclosed in the Annual…
Smithfield Foods, Inc. reports that investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission are ongoing related to wastewater releases and an operational upset incidents at Smithfield Beef Group,…