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U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle sink to multi-month lows

Ample supplies drag on cattle futures

By Mark Weinraub January 29, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog and cattle futures dropped to fresh multi-month lows on Wednesday. Ample supplies and weakening cash markets weighed on the cattle contracts while concerns about demand from China pressured hog futures. The pressure on cattle comes at a time of year when the market tends to find support due to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Canada, other countries raise meat inspection bar for Brazil

By Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek June 28, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Meat-importing countries from North America to Europe and Asia have tightened inspection standards for shipments from Brazil in a bid to protect consumers, following a probe into possible corruption involving inspectors. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on Wednesday that the tighter inspection standards it enacted in April have resulted […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. bans fresh Brazil beef imports over safety concerns

By Tom Polansek June 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The United States halted imports of fresh Brazilian beef on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, after a high percentage of shipments failed to pass safety checks. USDA had “recurring concerns about the safety of the products intended for the American market,” after increasing tests on Brazilian beef in March, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

By Alberto Alerigi, Thais Freitas March 24, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s meat exports have fallen sharply since a police investigation into alleged bribery of food-sanitation inspectors in the world’s top beef and poultry exporter sparked a wave of trade bans, an industry group said on Friday. Import restrictions by several key importers of Brazilian meat, ranging from China to Europe, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

By Brad Haynes, Tatiana Bautzer March 23, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, announced on Thursday it had suspended beef production at 33 of its 36 Brazilian plants amid the corruption scandal that has caused some of the country’s biggest export markets to ban Brazilian meats. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said a police investigation, which […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil ag ministry, police say meat problems not widespread

By Stephen Eisenhammer March 21, 2017

Lapa, Brazil | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption problems found in the nation’s meatpacking industry were isolated incidents, an attempt to tamp down a scandal that has led the Latin American nation’s biggest export markets to ban its meats. Since police launched raids on processing […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

By Theopolis Waters, Tom Polansek March 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global beef buyers will likely need to cobble together supplies from several nations if a scandal persists in Brazil’s meat sector because supply constraints and politics are already limiting trade flows, market analysts said Monday. China suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, as a […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazilian meatpackers slump on import curbs

By Brad Brooks, Dominique Patton March 20, 2017

Sao Paulo/Beijing | Reuters — Fallout from a meatpacking industry scandal in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of beef and poultry, widened on Monday as China, the EU, South Korea and Chile curtailed meat imports from the country after inspectors were accused of taking bribes to allow sales of tainted food. With other import curbs […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil police raid BRF, JBS meat plants in bribery probe

By Brad Haynes, Sergio Spagnuolo March 17, 2017

Sao Paulo/Curitiba, Brazil | Reuters — Brazilian police raided the premises of global meatpacking companies JBS SA and BRF SA on Friday, as well as dozens of smaller rivals, in a crackdown on alleged bribery of health officials that could threaten US$12 billion in annual exports. The probe, known as “Operation Weak Flesh,” found evidence […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Hogs, cattle sink to multi-month lows

Canada, other countries raise meat inspection bar for Brazil

U.S. bans fresh Brazil beef imports over safety concerns

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Brazil ag ministry, police say meat problems not widespread

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

Brazilian meatpackers slump on import curbs

Brazil police raid BRF, JBS meat plants in bribery probe

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