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| Date of Report (Date of earliest      event reported): July 8, 2009 |
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| SMITHFIELD FOODS,      INC.                                         |
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|   | Virginia                                            |   | 1-15321                       |   | 52-0845861                                   |   |
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|   | (State or other jurisdiction of      incorporation) |   | (Commission File      Number) |   |  (IRS Employer Identification      No.) |   |

|   | 200 Commerce      StreetSmithfield, Virginia        |   | 23430                 |   |
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|   |  (Address of principal      executive offices) |   |  (Zip      Code) |   |

| Registrant's telephone number,      including area code: (757)365-3000 |
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|   | o | Written communications pursuant to      Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR  230.425) |
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|   | o | Soliciting material pursuant to      Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR    240.14a-12) |
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|   | o | Pre-commencement communications      pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR      240.14d-2(b)) |
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|   | o | Pre-commencement communications      pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR      240.13e-4(c)) |
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| Item      7.01 | Regulation      FD Disclosure. |
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| Item      9.01 | Financial      Statements and Exhibits. |
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|   | 99.1 | Slides to be used in the Company’s      presentations to various buy-side analysts in New York, New      York on July 8, 2009 and July 9,      2009. |
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|                    | SMITHFIELD FOODS,      INC.                            |
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| Date: July 8,      2009 | /s/ Michael H.      Cole                               |   |
|                    | Michael H.    Cole                                     |
|                    | Vice President, Chief Legal      Officer and Secretary |

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|   | Exhibit99.1 | Slides to be used in the Company’s      presentations to various buy-side analysts in New York, New      York on July 8, 2009 and July 9,      2009. |
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