CLAYTON, N.C. — Smithfield Foods is closing a North Carolina meat distribution center and laying off about 100 employees.
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The state Commerce Department posted a notice Wednesday in which Smithfield Foods said it will close the operation in the Johnston County town of Clayton by the end of next month.
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Most of the workers being laid off are warehouse operators and supervisors.
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Smithfield Foods' extensive pork-raising operations in North Carolina have made news this summer. The world's largest pork processor has lost three federal lawsuits and jurors decided it should pay more than $500 million in damages to neighbors who complained of intense nuisances from odors, flies and rumbling trucks at industrial-scale hog operations.
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