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Primo Smallgoods
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood / manufacturing
Founded1985
FounderAndrew Lederer
Headquarters,
Number of employees
4,000
ParentJBS
Websitewww.primosmallgoods.com.au

Primo Smallgoods, based in Chullora in Western Sydney, Australia, is the largest producer of ham, bacon and smallgoods in the Southern Hemisphere.

It was founded in 1985, and now has more than 4,000 employees.

In June 2010, Primo was fined $233,325 with $200,000 in costs for mis-labelling bacon as Australian in origin.[1]

JBS acquired Primo in 2014.[2]

References

  1. ^ Huge fine for labelling bacon Australian
  2. ^ "JBS Foods of Brazil to Buy Australian Meat Producer for $1.25 Billion". DealBook. Retrieved 2014-12-03.