Note on correction: the headline has been corrected. Four of nine plants tested positive.
Researchers have estimated the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in beef from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, which is the largest producer and exporter of beef in the country.
From 50 samples analyzed, Listeria spp. was
Continue Reading Study finds 4 of 13 beef plants sampled in Brazil were contaminated with Listeria
The first U.S. audit of Brazil’s food safety system since Operation Weak Flesh exposed corruption in the South American nation’s meat industry fell short of being clean.
In transmitting the audit on Nov. 9, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) told Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Continue Reading U.S. audit finds food safety problems continue for Brazil’s meat
The Chinese symbol for crisis is made up of symbols for both danger and opportunity.
And the Brazilian meat packing giant JBS S.A. has certainly been in a crisis during most of 2017, but an investment banker with expertise in emerging markets says there is an opportunity now in JBS,
Continue Reading Exotix says JBS weathered the crisis; public offering possible
As chief operating officer of JBS SA, Gilberto Tomazoni is second only to 84-year old founder Jose Batista Sobrinho at the world’s largest meatpacking company. The patriarch of the billionaire dynasty returned to JBS after Brazilian police jailed his sons Wesley and Joesley Batista for insider trading.
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Continue Reading Batista bribery saga may end with reorganization of JBS assets
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended imports of all fresh beef from Brazil because of recurring food safety problems documented since March, when the agency began inspecting 100 percent of all meat from the South American country.
During his confirmation hearing 12 weeks ago, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said
Continue Reading U.S. stops imports of Brazilian beef for food safety concerns
Some U.S. cattle ranchers are seeing an opportunity in the way JBS Corp. has gotten itself tied up in Brazil’s political scandal. JBS USA is the wholly owned subsdiary of JBS S.A., the Brazilian corporation that is the world’s largest fresh beef and pork processor with sales of $52.3 billion
Continue Reading U.S. cattlemen see opportunity to reopen JBS anti-trust issue
Beef brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista appear to be surviving the scandal that may bring down Brazilian President Michel Temer. Shareholder challenges and reviews by U.S. regulators could still be ahead for the meatpackers in the near future.
However, their J&F Investments, the largest shareholder of worldwide meatpacker JBS SA,
Continue Reading Batistas agree to pay largest ‘leniency fine’ in Brazil’s history
That petition on the White House’s “We the People” website calling for the United States to ban Brazilian beef was looking for 100,000 signatures. It fell a little short.
In fact it was short by 97,985 signatures and is now locked down.
The Billings, MT-based Rancher-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund or
Continue Reading Brazilian beef ban petition fails to generate much interest
When Federal Police in Brazil moved on several meatpacking plants on March 17, where meat inspectors were suspected of being on the take, no one could have predicted the probe would shortly be felt as far away as Northern Colorado and other North American locations with JBS USA facilities.
But
Continue Reading Presidential bribes likely to slow JBS USA’s independence day
None of the slaughter or processing facilities targeted by the Federal Police in Brazil have shipped meat products to the United States, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Nevertheless, FSIS immediately instituted additional pathogen testing of all shipments of raw and ready-to-eat beef products from Brazil once
Continue Reading USDA beefs up scrutiny of Brazilian beef amid bribery scandal
