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WH Group acquired Smithfield Foods, which is also a major food/meat processing company.

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The latest in this situation

  1. Greenberg Traurig, a lobbying firm, is involved with Smithfield Foods, which is owned by WH Group Limited.

How it started

6 reports, 3 independent, last reported Jul 30. The briefing below covers this first event.

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What happened

Well supportedReported by 3 independent outlets

WH Group acquired Smithfield Foods, which is also a major food/meat processing company.

Who's involved

What this event is mainly about

How it developed

Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.
  1. Greenberg Traurig, a lobbying firm, is involved with Smithfield Foods, which is owned by WH Group Limited.Sub-event
  2. A company uses the Smithfield brand in the US and the Shuanghui brand for products, tracing its roots back to a plant in Luohe.Sub-event
  3. WH Group owns Smithfield Foods, a major food/meat processing company.1 source
  4. The acquisition of Smithfield Foods by WH Group is under scrutiny regarding foreign ownership and its implications for US agriculture.

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The entities involved

  • Smithfield Foods

    American meat processing company

    Nothing else this week.

  • WH Group

    publicly-traded Chinese meat and food processing company headquartered in Luohe, Henan, China

    Nothing else this week.

  • Cal-Maine

    egg producer in Jackson, Mississippi

    Nothing else this week.

Coverage

Newest first; wire copies grouped
  • hotair.com
  • Just FoodCal-Maine Foods creates chief strategy officer role US egg producer Cal-Maine Foods has appointed Keira Lombardo to the newly created role of chief strategy officer (CSO), effective immediately. "The
  • FreightWavesWhat Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ Buying Hillandale Farms Means for US Eggs and Freight Brazilian entrepreneur Ricardo Faria, dubbed the “Egg King,” has acquired one of America’s largest egg producers, Hillan
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1 more outlet ran the same wire story