EX-23.1 3 ppc-2018x12x30xexh231conse.htm EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333‑74984; 333-111929; 333-163639; 333-179563; 333-182586 and 333-186934) on Form S-8 of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation of our reports dated February 13, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation as of December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated and combined statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the fifty-two weeks ended December 30, 2018, the fifty-three weeks ended December 31, 2017, and the fifty-two weeks ended December 25, 2016, and the related financial statement schedule II, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2018, which reports appear in the December 30, 2018 annual report on Form 10‑K of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Denver, Colorado
February 13, 2019