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Smithfield Foods lays off 120 more at Va. plant

By Michael Felberbaum
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Smithfield Foods Inc. said Tuesday that it is laying off 120 more workers as part of its previously announced closure of a Virginia facility that makes hot dogs and deli meat.

The Smithfield, Va.-based pork producer plans to close the Portsmouth plant in the middle of August, said Jeff Gough, Smithfield’s senior vice president for human resources.

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