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Mar 25 2017 March 25, 2017 March 25, 2017 NoComment by Mike Callicrate

OCM: Sen. Roberts Tells Trump to Forget COOL While Brazil’s Rotten Meat Scandal Widens Worldwide

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March 24 Two of the world’s largest meat companies, Brazilian meatpackers JBS and BRF, have been exposed for exporting rotten beef and trying to cover it up with cancer-causing acid products. Bloomberg reports that “Brazilian prosecutors allege some sausages and cold cuts contained animal parts such as pig heads, that some meat products were adulterated…

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Mar 22 2017 March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017 NoComment by Mike Callicrate

Tri-State Livestock News: Brazil sees backlash over meat scandal

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March 21, 2017 UPDATE: TESTER ANNOUNCES BILL TO BAN BRAZILIAN BEEF (U.S. Senate) – U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced legislation to temporarily ban the importation of Brazilian beef to protect American consumers from consuming rotten meat. Following news that Brazilian meatpackers have been exporting rotten beef and trying to cover it up with cancer-causing…

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Mar 19 2017 March 19, 2017 March 19, 2017 NoComment by Mike Callicrate

The Telegraph: Brazilian firms ‘bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on market’ as plants raided in corruption probe

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By Associated Press 18 March 2017 • 12:51am Two big Brazilian meatpackers bribed inspectors to keep rotten meat on the market, police charged on Friday in issuing dozens of arrest warrants, while a judge accused the Agriculture Ministry of betraying the country. Part of the money allegedly paid by meatpackers JBS and BRF was channelled…

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