PRESS RELEASE: Smithfield Foods to Host First Quarter Conference Call August 26

SOURCE Smithfield Foods, Inc.

2:37 PM, August 6, 2008

Agriculture Online

SMITHFIELD, Va., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithfield Foods, Inc.

(NYSE: SFD) will announce its fiscal 2009 first quarter earnings on Tuesday,

August 26 before the market opens. The company will host a conference call at

9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, August 26. To listen via telephone,

call (800) 230-1059. The call can be accessed live on the Internet at

<a target="new" href="http://investors.smithfieldfoods.com/events.cfm">http://investors.smithfieldfoods.com/events.cfm</a>. It also will be archived

online at this location. A telephone replay will be available at (800) 475-

6701 from August 26 at 11:00 a.m. until September 9 at 11:59 p.m. The replay

access code is 956870.

With sales of $11 billion, Smithfield is the leading processor and marketer

of fresh pork and packaged meats in the United States, as well as the largest

producer of hogs. For more information, visit <a target="new" href="http://www.smithfieldfoods.com">www.smithfieldfoods.com</a>.

SOURCE Smithfield Foods, Inc.

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