date:Mar 17, 2014
rowing damage caused the virus.
It is not clear how long the company will adhere to the shortened slaughter schedule. Smithfield may also reduce operations at its plant in Clinton, North Carolina, the sources said.
The Tar Heel plant is the largest pork processing plant in the United States, with an estimated slaughter capacity of 30,000 to 34,000 hogs a day.
Smithfield's decision to reduce the kill schedule in response to the hog virus is expected to be repeated by other companies in the wee