No buy meat from Brazil or visit Brazilian restaurants
until this is cleared and okay to eat meat from Brazil again
JBS Suspends Meat Production at 33 Plants in Brazil
Due to the tainted meat scandal, one of the world's largest meat
processors, JBS, will halt production for three days and then reduce production
by 35 percent.
By Lise Alves,
Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL –
Linked to the recent tainted meat scandal, Brazilian meat processing giant,
JBS, announced on Thursday it was suspending beef production in 33 of its 36
plants located in Brazil for three days. According to the company, production
will be decreased by 35 percent in the coming weeks in all plants in the
country until the industry’s situation has been re-assessed.
One of the meat
processing companies caught up in the scandal says it is closing production for
three days, photo Agencia Brasil archives.
“These measures are
aimed at adjusting production until there is a definition regarding the
embargoes imposed by the Brazilian meat importing countries,” said the JBS note
to investors.
The company also
notes ‘it is committed to maintaining the employment of its 125,000 employees
throughout Brazil’. Earlier this week another meat processing plant
closed its doors due to the scandal, laying off more than 280
employees.
JBS along with meat
giant BRF have been caught in a two-year investigation by Brazil’s federal
police, that has found meat-packing plants adulterating tainted meat so as to
appear fresh and repackaging beef and chicken past its due-dates.
Although most meat
plants investigated belong to smaller, competing companies, the two
multinational meat giants have seen their share worth in international stock
markets plummet as major Brazilian meat importers ban temporarily beef and
chicken from the South American country.
In addition to the
European Union, at least fourteen countries have temporarily suspended the importation
of Brazilian meat from the 21 plants investigated.
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