This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D relating to the common stock (the “Smithfield Common Stock”) of Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Smithfield”), is being filed on behalf of Wendell H. Murphy, Harry D. Murphy, Joyce Murphy Minchew, Wendell H. Murphy, Jr., Wendy Murphy Crumpler, Stratton K. Murphy, Marc D. Murphy and Angela Norman Brown (each, a “Reporting Person” and, collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), to amend the Schedule 13D which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 31, 2001 (the “Schedule 13D”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on November 7, 2001, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on October 23, 2003, and Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on July 14, 2004. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 4 is being filed to report the disbanding of the Reporting Persons’ Section 13(d) group.

As a result of the January 28, 2005 expiration of both the Shareholders Agreement, dated January 28, 2000, by and among Smithfield and the Reporting Persons and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 28, 2000, by and among Smithfield and the Reporting Persons, the Reporting Persons are no longer acting together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of the shares of Smithfield Common Stock or other securities of Smithfield. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons are no longer deemed a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each of the Reporting Persons acts independently and makes his or her own investment and voting decisions with regard to his or her holdings of Smithfield Common Stock or other equity securities of Smithfield.

Current Beneficial Ownership of the Reporting Persons:

As of the date of this Amendment, the Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 16,742,942 shares of Smithfield Common Stock. The shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons represent approximately 15.1% of the 111,103,597 shares of Smithfield Common Stock outstanding on August 31, 2005, as set forth in the Form 10-Q of Smithfield filed on September 9, 2005. The number of shares of Smithfield Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is as follows: