Two U.S. Senators want an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions to conduct an open-ended review of Brazil’s JBS S.A., which owns Greeley, CO-based JBS USA.
Sens. Marco Rubio, R-FL, and Bob Menendez, D-NJ,
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Federal Police again arrest JBS shareholder Joesley Batista in Operation Carwash
The controlling shareholder in Brazil’s JBS S.A., which in turn owns Greeley, CO-based JBS USA, is once again in federal custody in Brazil. Federal Police returned former JBS Chairman Joesley Batista to prison Friday morning,
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30 infected in New Mexico; likely part of nationwide Salmonella outbreak
New Mexico health officials report the state has 30 people with Salmonella Newport infections linked to ground beef. Although the officials didn’t name any companies, it is likely the illnesses are part of a multistate
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FSIS posts partial list of retailers that sold beef linked to Salmonella outbreak
Federal officials have begun releasing names of specific grocery stores and other businesses that received some of the 6.9 million pounds of recalled ground beef and non-intact beef products that are linked to a Salmonella
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Woman draws jail sentence for contaminating chicken in 2016
Stearns County Jail photo
Faye Slye, a 37-year old Cold Spring, MN, woman, was sentenced to 90 days in the Stearns County Jail after being convicted of two
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Exotix says JBS weathered the crisis; public offering possible
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
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