The two deaths follow a series of incidents at the Tar Heel plant in recent years. WECT Investigates found Smithfield has ...

An employee at the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Tar Heel, NC, was found unresponsive on Jan. 10 and was ...

In the controlled feeding trial, older adults saw weight loss while preserving grip strength and chair-rise performance.

Meatpacking data firm Agri Stats has agreed to change its reporting practices to resolve a lawsuit alleging it conspired with ...

Prices of 2026 national-producer-sold live-equivalent hogs are forecast to average $67 per cwt, almost 3% lower than 2025.

An employee died at the Smithfield Pork Processing Plant in Bladen County over the weekend, the second fatality in seven ...

A poultry processor and its parent company, JBS, have benefited from Trump administration policies following its donation to ...

The EPA finalized a settlement with Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. for violations of the Clean Air Act related to unsafe ...

Trump’s planned visit to China in April is likely to usher in more U.S. openness to Chinese investment, says DGA-Albright ...

A worker was reportedly found dead at a food processing plant in eastern North Carolina over the weekend. Sister-station WECT ...

SPRINGFIELD — Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. has agreed to pay a $138,506 civil penalty for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act when it came to handling anhydrous ammonia at Smithfield’s meat ...

The latest litigation against the company and its owner now brings the total number of lawsuits to seven, all filed since August 2024.