Thank you for your letter of August 21, relating to Smithfield Foods, Inc's, inclusion in the FTSE4Good series... I'd like to reassure you that we have made progress in monitoring and engagement with the company... FTSE will continue to monitor Smithfield's compliance with relevant FTSE4Good criteria, including the human rights requirements. If the company does not meet these requirements at any review in the future, then it will be deleted and removed from the index.