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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-07-048665
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070801
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070801

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SULLIVAN KENNETH M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001405180

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15321
		FILM NUMBER:		071015302

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		757-365-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 COMMERCE STREET
		CITY:			SMITHFIELD
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23430

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000091388
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011]
		IRS NUMBER:				520845861
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 COMMERCE STREET
		STREET 2:		EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
		CITY:			SMITHFIELD
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23430
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7573653000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 COMMERCE STREET
		STREET 2:		EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
		CITY:			SMITHFIELD
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23430

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIBERTY EQUITIES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710221

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIBERTY REAL ESTATE TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19661113
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000091388</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SMITHFIELD FOODS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SFD</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001405180</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SULLIVAN KENNETH M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>200 COMMERCE ST.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SMITHFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23430</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President &amp; C.A.O.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>common stock, par value $.50</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>135.0247</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(K) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>see below footnote</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>31.86</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2010-06-02</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-06-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>common stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>see below footnote</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>32.40</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-06-11</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-06-11</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>common stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>5000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Michael H. Cole, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-01</signatureDate>
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EXHIBIT A

POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Michael H. Cole and Darcy G. McKenzie, or either of them, with
full power to each of them to act alone, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent, to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation
(the "Company") any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; to do and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, to complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and to timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and to take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary to be done in order to
effectuate the same.  This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  The
undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of these attorneys is
assuming, nor shall any of them be responsible for, the undersigned's obligation to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


						/s/ Kenneth M. Sullivan
						___________________________________
						Signature

						Kenneth M. Sullivan
						___________________________________
						Print Name

	 June 28, 2007
Dated: ________________________




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