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Brazil’s biggest slaughterhouses are cleaning up their meat supply. Others must follow suit.

Posted by Richardg — 2 April 2014 at 12:34pm - Comments
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Cattle ranching in the Amazon

Yesterday the three largest slaughterhouses in Brazil – JBS, Marfrig and Minerva – published an update on their progress to ensure that the meat they produce isn’t threatening the Amazon. It is another important milestone towards ending deforestation.

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Brazil cattle giants unite to end Amazon destruction

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5 October, 2009

At a signing ceremony in Sao Paulo today, four of the world's largest beef and leather companies (1) agreed to ban the purchase of cattle from newly deforested land in the Amazon (2). The four - Marfrig, Bertin, JBS-Friboi and Minerva - dominate the world export market and supply the UK.

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