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Company: Smithfield Foods and Premium Standard Farms
Current Parent Company: WH Group
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Penalty: $1,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: September 1, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Premium Standard Farms agreed to donate $1 million to local school and road funds in settlement of allegations it failed to fulfill all the requirements of previous consent judgments in the required time, and had not yet installed odor control equipment in approximately 365 hog barns.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Missouri Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Missouri
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: meatpacking
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