C. Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods, Inc., to Present at Lehman Brothers Back-To-School Consumer Conference

SMITHFIELD, Va., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- C. Larry Pope, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD), will make a presentation at the Lehman Brothers 2nd Annual Back-To-School Consumer Conference at 3:45 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Wednesday, September 3, 2008 inBoston, Massachusetts. The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed live on the Internet at http://investors.smithfieldfoods.com/events.cfm. It also will be archived online at this location.