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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SEBRING JOSEPH B   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SMITHFIELD FOODS INC [SFD] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President of John Morrell & Co (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 200 COMMERCE STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/26/2013 (Street) SMITHFIELD, VA 23430 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price common stock, par value $.50 09/26/2013   D   124,217 D $ 34 (1) 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 21.94

09/26/2013

D

25,000

(2)

06/20/2018

common stock

25,000

$ 12.06 (2)

0

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 15.43

09/26/2013

D

8,334

(2)

06/21/2017

common stock

8,334

$ 18.57 (2)

0

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 23.75

09/26/2013

D

10,000

06/16/2013

06/16/2018

common stock

10,000

$ 10.25 (3)

0

D

Performance Share Units

(4)

09/26/2013

A

12,000

(4)

(4)

common stock

12,000

$ 0

12,000

D

Performance Share Units

(4)

09/26/2013

D

12,000

(4)

(4)

common stock

12,000

$ 34 (4)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SEBRING JOSEPH B C/O 200 COMMERCE STREET SMITHFIELD, VA 23430			President of John Morrell & Co

Signatures

/s/ by Michael H. Cole, as attorney-in-fact		09/26/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the merger agreement, dated as of May 28, 2013, among Smithfield Foods, Inc., Shuanghui International Holdings Limited and Sun Merger Sub, Inc., these shares were cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $34.00 per share.
(2)	Pursuant to the merger agreement, these options (which provided for ratable vesting over a three-year period beginning on the grant date) were cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of common stock subject to such options and (ii) the excess of $34.00 over the exercise price of the options.
(3)	Pursuant to the merger agreement, these options were cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of common stock subject to such options and (ii) the excess of $34.00 over the exercise price of the options.
(4)	On June 11, 2013, the reporting person was granted an award with a target amount of 12,000 performance share units (PSUs) under the Company's 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the award and the merger agreement, these PSUs vested at the target amount as of the effective time of the merger and were converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $34.00 per PSU.

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