Smithfield Foods is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer, with revenues exceeding $11 billion in fiscal year 2006. Smithfield is also the fifth-largest U.S. beef processor and a 50 percent partner to the largest cattle feeder in the United States.

Update: Smithfield Foods, a leading U.S. pig producer, has joined the growing list of companies that will not clone animals for food! Thank you to all who sent letters to Smithfield opposing animal cloning.
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Please send a letter to Smithfield thanking the company for it decision to reject animal cloning. A sample letter is provided below, but it would be more effective if you personalized it before sending.


Smithfield Foods, Inc.
200 Commerce Street
Smithfield, VA 23430


Dear Smithfield,

I am aware that Smithfield Foods has publicly announced that it will not clone animals for food, even if the FDA allows it. As someone who is highly concerned about the tremendous amount of animal suffering involved in cloning, I want to congratulate you for taking such an important stand.

Just because we can clone animals for food, doesn’t mean we should. I find it encouraging that at least Smithfield knows better than to engage in a practice as cruel and unnecessary as cloning.

Sincerely,