 There was a similar decline, by 56 percent between 1996 and 2008, in Poland.According to Joseph W. Luter III, vertical integration produces "high quality, consistent products with consistent genetics".The company obtained 2,000 pigs and the rights to their genetic lines from Britain's National Pig Development Company in 1990, and used them to create Smithfield Lean Generation Pork, which the American Heart Association certified for its low fat, salt, and cholesterol content.