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EXHIBIT
32.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
18
U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION
906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In
connection with the Annual Report of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (the “Company”)
on Form 10-K for the period ended May 2, 2010 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert
W. Manly, IV, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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(1)
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
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(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
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Date: June
18, 2010
/s/ ROBERT W. MANLY, IV
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Robert
W. Manly, IV
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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