Smithfield halts hog kill at North Carolina plant due to hog virus: sources

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Smithfield halts hog kill at North Carolina plant due to hog virus: sources

(Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc, the world's largest pork processor, suspended hog slaughter at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant on Friday because the spread of the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has tightened hog supplies, industry sources said. The Tar Heel plant, the company's largest pork processing facility, reduced its slaughter schedule this week to four days from five days, said sources who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. Smithfield, acquired last year by China's Shuanghui International, says it does not comment on daily operations, minor disruptions, and openings or closings of processing plants.

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