Zhengzhou city authorities had ordered a temporary six-week closure of the slaughterhouse after some 30 hogs died of the highly contagious illness.

JD Fresh will become the exclusive online sales platform for Smithfield's pork products in China.

Chinese company is seeking to be more competitive with Tyson, JBS, reports Reuters.

The sale represents approximately 37% of the entire issued share capital of Campofrio.

The offer would be the second attempt this year by the world's biggest pork company to go public.

Benefits from strategic merger with WH Group begin to emerge, company says.

The company did not set a timetable for a new offer.

The company plans to seek as much as $6 billion from the offering in the first half.