JBS Among Meatpackers Fined as Brazil Cracks Down on Illegal Cattle
The fine comes on the same day a new report shows that the US is increasingly importing beef from facilities near where illegal deforestation is rampant.
Brazil’s environmental authorities announced a major operation that seized around 7,000 illegal head of cattle in the Amazon on Thursday. The government also issued fines to several ranchers and slaughterhouses, including JBS NV, the world's largest meat supplier.
The move comes on the same day a separate analysis revealed that American burgers are increasingly financing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Nearly a quarter of Brazil’s beef exports to the US come from slaughterhouses located next to areas where illegal deforestation is rampant, according to Earthsight, a UK-based nonprofit that investigates links between environmental crime and consumption.