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Dec 10, 2018 · “Export markets are key for the continued growth of all U.S. hog producers and pork processors,” Jason Richter, president of the international group for Smithfield Foods, said in the...
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Jan 18, 2019 · Under the new structure, the following members of the leadership team will report to Mr. Organ: Gregg Schmidt, president, U.S. hog production; Jason Richter, executive vice-president, U.S....
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Jan 18, 2019 · Jason Richter, executive vice president, U.S. fresh pork. Russ Dokken, executive vice president, U.S. packaged meats. Scott Saunders, executive vice president, U.S. supply chain. Joe Weber, executive vice president, U.S. growth and emerging businesses.
Jan 18, 2019 · Jason Richter, executive vice president, U.S. fresh pork. Russ Dokken, executive vice president, U.S. packaged meats. Scott Saunders, executive vice president, U.S. supply chain. Joe Weber, executive vice president, U.S. growth and emerging businesses.
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Smithfield Foods officials say they won’t be shutting down or sending employees home amid mass closures and workplace changes implemented around the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement from company officials didn’t address any questions about protocol or operation changes to ensure the protection of Smithfield Foods workers....
Smithfield Foods confirms its first positive COVID-19 case. That employee was said to be quarantined for 14 days with pay.
Smithfield officials said they won’t confirm how many cases are at the plant out of respect to employees’ legal privacy.
The state and Smithfield Foods continues to keep the number of positive COVID-19 cases among Smithfield Food employees under wraps. Several people waiting in a line of cars outside of an Avera Health testing center in Sioux Falls on April 6 were Smithfield Foods workers, according to Argus Leader reporting. Simply working at Smithfield Foods was en...
The South Dakota Department of Health released that more than 80 workers at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls tested positive for the coronavirus, 12 days after the initial case was reported. The announcement makes the facility the largest hot spot in the city. More:More than 80 coronavirus cases confirmed at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls Earlier t...
Smithfield opts to close for three days to clean and sanitize the plant, but employees and residents rally with a drive-by protest, demanding better working conditions. The company plans to add extra hand sanitizing stations, boost personal protective equipment, enhance cleaning, expand employee health benefits, set up temperature check stations, i...
As cases at Smithfield rise to 190, the state health department takes action to help slow the spread inside by touring the work conditions to offer recommendations. Those include requiring cloth masks, spacing out the lines of workers and adding additional screening questions and taking temperatures. Sioux Falls Public Health Director Jill Franken ...
As Smithfield cases pass 230, Noem and TenHaken call on the plant’s president through a joint letter to shut the facility for two weeks and continue to pay its employees during that time. "Please know we fully understand the gravity of what we are requesting of Smithfield, and we are aware of the challenges faced by your industry across the nation ...
As a response to the letter, plant officials announce plans to close indefinitely as Smithfield becomes the largest hot spot in the state with about 38% of South Dakota’s cases. “I am thankful Smithfield is taking the right steps to protect the health of their employees and our community during this pandemic," TenHaken said. "When Smithfield is rea...
Smithfield becomes the country’s largest coronavirus hot spot as cases tied to the plant spike to 644. The surge comes the same day as the plant is shut down indefinitely and officials with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show up to assess working conditions and determine best practices for safely reopening. Augustin Rodriguez, 64, be...
Jun 15, 2020 · SMITHFIELD, Va., June 15, 2020 -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. today released its 2019 Sustainability Impact Report, demonstrating significant progress in reaching major milestones and continuing efforts to feed the world’s population in a responsible way.
Apr 9, 2021 · National media attention shifted to the meatpacking industry in April 2020 during the early stages of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and set a magnifying glass on the meatpacking plant in Sioux...
