Smithfield Foods unit John Morrell buys rest of Premium Pet Health for undisclosed terms
By APTuesday, January 5, 2010
John Morrell buys remaining stake in Premium Pet
SMITHFIELD, Va. — John Morrell & Co., a subsidiary of fresh pork and packaged meat processor Smithfield Foods Inc., said Tuesday that it has purchased the remaining minority stake in Premium Pet Health LLC that it doesn’t already own.
Terms were not disclosed.
John Morrell bought a 49 percent interest in the company and expects the deal to complement its pork processing business and provide a strong return on invested capital.
Premium Pet Health is a protein byproduct processor that supplies many U.S. pet food processors, John Morrell said.
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