SMITHFIELD, Va., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) will announce its fiscal 2010 first quarter earnings on Tuesday, September 8 before the market opens. The company will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, September 8. To listen via telephone, call (800) 230-1096. The call can be accessed live on the Internet at http://investors.smithfieldfoods.com/events.cfm. It also will be archived online at this location. A telephone replay will be available at (800) 475-6701 from September 8 at 11:00 a.m. until September 22 at 11:59 p.m. The replay access code is 112846.

Smithfield Foods is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer, with revenues exceeding $12 billion in fiscal 2009. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com.

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