IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,	)

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Plaintiff,	)

)	Civil Action No.1:03-CV-00434 (HHK)

v.	)

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SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.,	)

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Defendant.	)

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NOTICE OF FILING REDACTED VERSION OF APPENDIX B TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH PLAINTIFF'S DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY, WHICH WAS FILED UNDER SEAL

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff is filing a redacted, non-confidential version of Appendix B to Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Compliance with Plaintiff's Discovery Requests and for an Extension of Time for Jurisdictional Discovery, originally filed on July 3, 2003. The appendix was redacted pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order Governing Confidential Information, entered June 17, 2003.

Dated this 26th day of November, 2003.

Respectfully submitted,

Plaintiff, United States

"/s/"

By Jessica K. Delbaum

Antitrust Division

United States Department of Justice

325 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 500

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: (202) 616-1636

Facsimile: (202) 616-2441