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EU’s notable 2018 food safety events

By Joe Whitworth on December 29, 2018
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It was a mixed year which saw many multi-country, multi-year outbreaks raise their head again but for some of them, 2018 marked the year they were solved.

The year also brought regulation changes, updated…
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Federal Police again arrest JBS shareholder Joesley Batista in Operation Carwash

By Dan Flynn on November 10, 2018

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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More fraud in Brazil food industry; labs falsified pathogen tests

By Catharine Huddle on March 8, 2018

Brazilian police made new arrests this week in an investigation into a meat scandal that erupted last year. This time the target of “Operation Weak Flesh” is laboratories accused of covering up salmonella in products…
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U.S. audit finds food safety problems continue for Brazil’s meat

By Dan Flynn on November 16, 2017

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…
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Brazil’s meat scandal expands while international market reaction is mixed

By Dan Flynn on March 29, 2017

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