Violation Tracker Parent Company Summary
Parent Company Name:
WH Group
Ownership Structure:
privately held
Headquartered in:
China
Major Industry:
food products
Specific Industry:
meatpacking
Penalty total since 2000:
$145,362,075
Number of records:
171
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environment-related offenses | $120,704,512 | 38 |
| employment-related offenses | $19,482,236 | 24 |
| financial offenses | $2,900,000 | 2 |
| safety-related offenses | $2,058,827 | 104 |
| competition-related offenses | $216,500 | 3 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
|---|---|---|
| environmental violation | $120,704,512 | 38 |
| wage and hour violation | $16,665,788 | 5 |
| investor protection violation | $2,900,000 | 2 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $1,987,483 | 100 |
| employment discrimination | $1,926,170 | 3 |
Notes:
Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
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Individual Penalty Records:
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| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency |
Penalty Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Foods | environmental violation | 2000 | NC-AG | $65,000,000 |
| Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company | environmental violation | 2001 | EPA | $50,350,000 |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,750,000 |
| Farmland Foods | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,774,000 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc. | investor protection violation | 2004 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $2,000,000 |
| Smithfield Packing | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| SMITHFIELD BEEF - SOUDERTON INC., (aka MOPAC)/JBS SOUDERTON | environmental violation | 2010 | EPA | $1,900,000 |
| John Morrell & Co | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,386,632 |
| Smithfield Foods and Premium Standard Farms | environmental violation | 2010 | MO-AG | $1,000,000 |
| Smithfield Packing | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $950,000 |
| Smithfield Foods Inc | investor protection violation | 2010 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $900,000 |
| PREMIUM STANDARD FARMS | environmental violation | 2002 | EPA | $650,000 |
| Clougherty Packing Co. | employment discrimination | 2012 | OFCCP | $439,538 |
| Farmland Foods, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2000 | NLRB | $241,920 |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $237,537 |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. and Clougherty Packing, LLC Consent Agreement | environmental violation | 2022 | EPA | $237,537 |
| John Morrell Company | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $206,000 |
| John Morrell Company | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | (*) $206,000 |
| Premium Standard Farms, Inc. | environmental violation | 2004 | MO-AG | $199,320 |
| Murphy-Brown, LLC | wage and hour violation | 2007 | WHD | $191,788 |
| John Morrell & Co. | agribusiness violation | 2011 | GIPSA | $162,500 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $161,525 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2007 | NLRB | $147,787 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $133,125 |
| Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Smithfield Packing | labor relations violation | 2011 | NLRB | $117,433 |
| Clougherty Packing, LLC, dba Farmer John | employment discrimination | 2017 | EEOC | $100,000 |
| Murphy Brown, LLC | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $100,000 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $96,750 |
| Patrick Cudahy, Inc. | environmental violation | 2010 | WI-AG | $95,000 |
| Clougherty Packing LLC | environmental violation | 2008 | CA-SCAQMD | $76,000 |
| JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY | labor relations violation | 2005 | NLRB | $74,912 |
| MURPHY-BROWN, LLC | environmental violation | 2006 | EPA | $73,886 |
| PATRICK CUDAHY, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2003 | OSHA | $72,000 |
| FARMLAND FOODS, INC | environmental violation | 2009 | EPA | $70,426 |
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $70,000 |
| Smithfield Packing Co., Wilson Division | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $68,000 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS - DENISON | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $67,470 |
| Clougherty Packing/Farmer John | environmental violation | 2008 | CA-ARB | $63,300 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $60,734 |
| Smithfield Packing Co., Wilson Division | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $60,000 |
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORPORATION (f/k/a Smithfie | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $58,549 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. / SMITHFIELD DISTRIBUTION, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $58,205 |
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $58,030 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $53,300 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $50,362 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS NORTH | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $46,935 |
| Smithfield | environmental violation | 2019 | SD-ENV | $46,260 |
| John Morrell & Co. | environmental violation | 2011 | SD-ENV | $44,079 |
| Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. | agribusiness violation | 2012 | GIPSA | $39,000 |
| JOHN MORRELL & CO. | labor relations violation | 2017 | NLRB | $37,500 |
| FARMLAND FOODS, INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $35,800 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $35,000 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $34,700 |
| John Morrell & Co. | environmental violation | 2004 | SD-ENV | $34,155 |
| PINE RIDGE FARMS LLC | motor vehicle safety violation | 2008 | FMCSA | $32,230 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $32,000 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $30,240 |
| PREMIUM PET HEALTH LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $29,925 |
| Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $28,800 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $27,879 |
| Smithfield | environmental violation | 2018 | SD-ENV | $26,900 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $26,400 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $26,019 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $25,008 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS INC | aviation safety violation | 2011 | FAA | $25,000 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS - DENISON | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $25,000 |
| Armour-Eckrich Meats, LLC d/b/a Smithfield Foods | labor relations violation | 2018 | NLRB | $24,513 |
| JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $24,399 |
| FARMLAND FOODS INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $22,900 |
| Murphy-Brown of Missouri LLC dba Smithfield Hog Production | environmental violation | 2021 | MO-ENV | $22,032 |
| MURPHY-BROWN LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2011 | OSHA | $21,800 |
| MURPHY-BROWN LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $20,850 |
| JOHN MORRELL & CO. | environmental violation | 2002 | EPA | $20,811 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY INC. | environmental violation | 2010 | KY-ENV | $20,000 |
| CLOUGHERTY PACKING, LLC DBA FARMER JOHN | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | OSHA | $19,530 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP | workplace safety or health violation | 2019 | OSHA | $19,322 |
| CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA FARMER JOHN | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $19,085 |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp. | Family and Medical Leave Act | 2016 | WHD | $19,063 |
| CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA / FARMER JOHN | workplace safety or health violation | 2002 | OSHA | $18,375 |
| CLOUGHERTY PACKING LLC DBA / FARMER JOHN | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $18,175 |
| PINE RIDGE FARMS, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $18,000 |
| PREMIUM PET HEALTH LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $16,975 |
| Clougherty Packing Co. | environmental violation | 2003 | CA-SCAQMD | $16,750 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY TAR HEEL DIVISION | workplace safety or health violation | 2005 | OSHA | $16,600 |
| ARMOUR SWIFT ECKRICH INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2001 | OSHA | $16,156 |
| CLOUGHERTY PACKING, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $16,070 |
| John Morrell & Co. | agribusiness violation | 2011 | GIPSA | $15,000 |
| Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $15,000 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $14,502 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS - DENISON | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $14,500 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $14,000 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP | environmental violation | 2017 | PA-ENV | $13,600 |
| SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2020 | OSHA | $13,494 |
| SMITHFIELD FOODS | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $13,494 |
| JOHN MORRELL & CO. | workplace safety or health violation | 2000 | OSHA | $13,000 |
| FARMLAND FOODS, INC. DBA COOK'S HAM, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2009 | OSHA | $12,750 |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp. | environmental violation | 2014 | VA-ENV | $12,640 |
| JOHN MORRELL & COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2004 | OSHA | $12,500 |
| THE SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | workplace safety or health violation | 2012 | OSHA | $11,175 |
| SMITHFIELD FARMLAND CORPORATION | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $11,000 |
| SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP. | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $10,942 |
