A report on the intensive farming of pigs, scheduled to be shown at the Guardian Hay festival on Sunday, was threatened by the surveyed smithfield agency companies. Pig Business critical practices of the world's largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, smithfield agency highlighting its responsibility CONSIDERATIONS Environmental pollution and health problems smithfield agency of people living near its plants.
The Channel 4 film was scheduled for February, but was canceled because of fear of legal procedures. The Frontline Club in London had also deprogrammed earlier this year.
Last Wednesday the Barbican Centre in London was forced to delay the screening of the film after receiving a letter from the lawyers of Smithfield, accusing the film of being défamatoire and misleading. The film was screened after taking personal responsibility of the director, Tracy Worcester.
A Smithfield spokesman denied that the company had threatened the author of the film or had tried to prevent the programming of the film; she just asked that removes false imputations.
Smithfield controls more than 25% of the pork market in the US, and it extends to the UK and Europe. He shot 26 million pigs in 2006, for a turnover of $ 11.4 billion and US $ 421millions profits. smithfield agency
Worcester interviewed neighbors Smithfield farms in the US, who complain of diseases such as asthma and digestive diseases. She also interviewed fishermen smithfield agency who complain about the destruction of fish.
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