The world’s largest pork supplier, Smithfield Foods, has filed for its initial public offering in the U.S. The company submitted its registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday and would sell shares of its common stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “SFD”.

Smithfield Foods on Monday made public its paperwork for its New York initial public offering as the maker of Farmland bacon and Farmer John sausages prepares for its U.S. stock market return after more than a decade.

Smithfield Foods previously traded on the New York Stock Exchange before China-based WH Group acquired the company and took it private in a $4.7 billion deal in 2013.

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, filed for an initial public offering in the US. Hong Kong-based WH Group, which purchased Smithfield for $4.7 billion in 2013, will sell some of its shares in the IPO,