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
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Petition seeks 100,000 signatures in support of Brazilian beef ban
A petition calling upon the United States to ban Brazilian beef is looking for 100,000 signatures on the White House’s We the People website.
“This petition is important because American produced beef is not differentiated
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Brazil’s meat scandal expands while international market reaction is mixed
The investigation by Federal Police in Brazil has led to the suspension of three more processing plants this week over the alleged corruption in meat industry. That raises the number of closed meat processing plants
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Federal police drop dragnet on Brazilian meat inspectors
Brazil’s Federal Police last week were out to clean up some corruption in the country’s meatpacking industry in a big, but targeted way.
Two major exporting companies, JBS and BRF, are being probed for possible
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