Of note: Smithfield, the ham company, was Virginia owned and operated until about 2013 when it was sold to a Chinese company ...

you can feast your eyes on the very last Genuine Smithfield Ham. Sharing the town's name and a historic player in the meat business since the late 1700s, Smithfield Hams recently decided to stop ...

Virginia law dictates what constitutes a genuine Smithfield Virginia Ham. It must be produced from hogs fed a diet of peanuts, and must be salt cured for at least six months, smoked and processed ...