I've stopped buying Smithfield products once I learned but just recently I received a free Smithfield ham from my grocery rewards. It was the worst I have EVER seen. Though it stated it was smoked, it was not. It was raw meat. I have never had a ham with 2 inches of fat around it (yes, 2 inches all around - I measured it) but have you ever got a ham that still had pig skin on it? Of that whole ham I only got 4 pints of ham cubes out of it.
So, not only the fact that the farm is foreign owned but quality is unacceptable. How did this get by the inspectors? No wonder it was free.
I've stopped buying Smithfield products once I learned but just recently I received a free Smithfield ham from my grocery rewards. It was the worst I have EVER seen. Though it stated it was smoked, it was not. It was raw meat. I have never had a ham with 2 inches of fat around it (yes, 2 inches all around - I measured it) but have you ever got a ham that still had pig skin on it? Of that whole ham I only got 4 pints of ham cubes out of it.
So, not only the fact that the farm is foreign owned but quality is unacceptable. How did this get by the inspectors? No wonder it was free.
You got it. Free. I don't buy ham except after Easter and then just give to our dogs.