The acquired assets include a customer distribution network across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and production operations in Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina.
Production from the Nashville facility will support Smithfield's existing portfolio of dry sausage brands, adding dry sausage production capacity of 50 million pounds per year.
Arla Foods Ingredients will acquire Volac’s whey nutrition division through a purchase of the shares in Volac Whey Nutrition Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries.