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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
JBS Australia takes over Australia's biggest pork producer
JBS Australia is set to become the biggest pork processor in Australia after it acquired Rivalea, the country's largest pork producer.
Thursday, June 10, 2021
JBS USA paid US$11 million ransom to "prevent potential risk for customers", says CEO
JBS USA confirmed in a June 9 press statement that it paid the equivalent of US$11 million in ransom in response to the criminal hack against its operations.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
JBS workers to return to work at US meat plants following cyberattack
JBS SA employees were expected to go back to the company's meat plants in the United States on June 2 after its beef operations were disrupted by a ransomware attack.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
JBS to invest US$351 million to expand its presence in Brazil's Parana state
Major Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said it will invest BRL 1.85 billion (~US$351.39 million; BRL 1 = US$0.19) in Parana state to build a new processed foods factory and expand the capacity of an existing plant there by 25%, Reuters reported.
Friday, May 14, 2021
JBS reports profitable Q1 thanks to strong US meat operations
The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, returned to profitability in the first quarter of this year thanks to the strong performance of its meat operation in the United States, the company said in its latest earnings statement, Reuters reporte ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
JBS USA recalls boneless beef due to possible E. coli contamination
JBS USA Food Co. is recalling 4,860 pounds of imported boneless beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Monday, April 19, 2021
JBS to pay US$13 million to settle proposed pork price-fixing class action
Major meatpacker JBS SA will pay nearly US$13 million to settle a proposed pork price-fixing class action by retailers and restaurants, following settlement deals with wholesalers and consumers that amounted to US$45 million, Bloomberg repo ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
JBS ordered to pay US$3.6 million following COVID-19 outbreak at its beef plant
A Brazilian court has ordered major meatpacker JBS SA to pay BRL 20 million (~US$3.62 milllion; BRL 1 = US$0.18) in damages following a COVID-19 outbreak at its beef plant in São Miguel do Guaporé, northern Brazil, Reuters reported.
Monday, February 15, 2021
JBS USA says 700 pork plant workers received COVID-19 vaccine
JBS USA said 700 workers at its Beardstown, Illinois pork plant had received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose on-site, with a second dose to come in March, Reuters reported.
Monday, January 25, 2021
JBS USA and Pilgrim's Pride offers US$100 to workers that receive COVID-19 vaccine
JBS USA and Pilgrim's Pride have offered US$100 to their workers in the United States that voluntarily receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reported.
Monday, October 19, 2020
JBS: Brazil meat production increased but land used is less
Gilberto Tomazoni, global chief executive of JBS SA, the biggest meatpacker in the world, said Brazilian livestock suppliers have increased production but used less land, as concerns amplify on the overuse of natural resource to produce foo ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020
JBS parent company pleads guilty to US foreign bribery charges
The parent company of world's biggest meatpacker JBS SA, Brazil's J&F Investimentos, pleaded guilty to United States foreign bribery charges and will pay criminal fines of US$128.25 million, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Antitrust case against Cargill, JBS and Tyson dismissed
An antitrust litigation -- that accused JBS USA, Cargill Inc., National Beef Packing Co. and Tyson Foods Inc. of conspiring to fix and suppress the price of fed cattle -- has been dimissed by the US District Court for the District of Minnes ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
JBS US beef plant faces US$15,615 fine for on-site COVID-19 infections
For its failure to protect its employees from COVID-19 infections, a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, the United States, is facing a fine of US$15,615, as proposed by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administr ...
Sunday, September 6, 2020
JBS Australia reopens Brooklyn beef processing plant
JBS Australia has resumed its lamb and beef processing operations at its Brooklyn plant in Victoria state after closing for a certain period in August due to COVID-19 infections among its staff, Beef Central reported.

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