SMITHFIELD, Va., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- C. Larry Pope, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), will make a presentation at the Barclays Capital Back-To-School Consumer Conference at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Thursday, September 10, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed live on the Internet at http://investors.smithfieldfoods.com/events.cfm. It also will be archived online at this location.

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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