BRAZIL: JBS strikes deal over slavery, deforestation lawsuit
By Katy Askew | 28 April 2011
JBS has struck a deal that will see allegations that the meat giant bought beef from farms that contributed to the deforestation of the Amazon and used slave-workers dropped.
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JBS has struck a deal that will see allegations that the meat giant bought beef from farms that contributed to the deforestation of the Amazon and used slave-workers dropped.
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