FRANCE: Smithfield Foods unit plans plant closure
By: Stuart Todd | 16 October 2008
Jean Caby, the French cured and cooked meat business of Smithfield Foods, is closing its plant at Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, near St Etienne.
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Jean Caby, the French cured and cooked meat business of Smithfield Foods, is closing its plant at Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, near St Etienne.
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