Last summer while on vacay in upstate PA, I had this very discussion about the security of our heparin supply. Maybe it was not Smithfield, but Hatfield, or another company. But the locals said the large pork business was taken private by Mennonites, the Chinese do not have it, and that the owners were very patriotic. I will keep looking, but did not see anything on my first pass before coffee...
My bad. Must have been Hatfield, not Smithfield. Hatfield is part of Clemens...
How Clemens Changed the Pig Business
“When 123-year-old Clemens Food Group partnered with 12 independent hog farmers to build a new packing plant in Michigan in 2017, a new era for pork processing was born.”
By Betsy Freese
10/23/2018
https://www.agriculture.com/livestock/pork-powerhouses/how-clemens-changed-the-pig-business
BUY HATFIELD PORK PRODUCTS.