The town is most famous for the curing and production of the Smithfield ham. The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute defining "Smithfield ham" by law in 1926, with one of the requirements that it be processed within the town limits. Smithfield Foods, a Chinese Fortune 500 company that owns Smithfield Packing Company and others, is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company, based in Smithfield, raises 12 million hogs and processes 20 million pounds of them annually.
the town is most famous for the curing and production of the smithfield ham the virginia general assembly passed a statute defining "smithfield ham" by law in 1926 with one of the requirements that it be processed within the town limits smithfield foods a chinese fortune 500 company that owns smithfield packing company and others is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer the company based in smithfield raises 12 million hogs and processes 20 million pounds of them annually