Tag: JBS food company

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  UK returned 1.400 tons of Brazilian poultry contaminated with salmonella

  

  The Brazilian government confirmed on Wednesday that Britain had sent back to Brazil 16 containers of poultry due to the presence of salmonella in the shipments. According to Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias, the shipments totaled 1,400 tons of poultry, which were returned over a 15-month period.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:32 UTC

  Ex minister of Rousseff accused of receiving millions in bribes from JBS food company

  

  Brazilian Federal Police raided the home of Science and Technology Minister Gilberto Kassab on Wednesday following accusations that he received millions in bribes from the JBS food company between 2010 and 2016.