THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 8, 1996 TAG: 9602080369
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Briefs
LENGTH: Short : 43 lines
John Morrell & Co., which Smithfield Foods Inc. bought in December, was fined $2 million and agreed to pay $1 million to an environmental trust fund after the federal government charged Morrell with falsifying reports required by the Clean Water Act. In early 1993, Morrell employees were found to be improperly testing and reporting water-quality results from the company's large meat-processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. The problem in Sioux Falls parallels an investigation under way at Smithfield's two packing plants in Smithfield. Hampton Roads tonnage surpasses Baltimore
The port of Baltimore handled nearly 3 million tons less of general cargo in 1995 than the port of Hampton Roads. The two Chesapeake Bay ports have been archrivals for decades. Shipments through Baltimore's state-owned terminals last year were flat compared with 1994 at just over 6.3 million tons, the Maryland Port Administration announced this week. Terminals in Hampton Roads handled nearly 9.1 million tons of cargo last year, up 14.1 percent from just under 8 million tons the year before, according to the Virginia Port Authority, which owns terminals in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News. (Staff) Virginia businesses vie to show goods on QVC
QVC Inc., the West Chester, Pa.-based home-shopping program, held its trade show at the Richmond Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday, with entrepreneurs across Virginia displaying their wares. QVC is looking to identify Virginia businesses to participate in its ``1996 Quest for America's Best: Virginia Week.'' The show will be broadcast live from various locations in the state from April 22 to April 28. (Staff) by CNB