News, Reuters Smithfield Foods to keep US pork plants open, eyes tariffs amid IPO, CEO says By Juveria Tabassum, Reuters, Tom Polansek January 28, 2025 Smithfield Foods does not plan to close more U.S. pork processing plants, Chief Executive Shane Smith said on Tuesday, as the company returned to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade in a spinoff by Hong Kong-based WH Group 0288.HK.