Presidential bribes likely to slow JBS USA’s independence day

When Federal Police in Brazil moved on several meatpacking plants on March 7, where meat inspectors were suspected of being on the take, no one could have predicted the probe would shortly be felt as far away as Northern Colorado and other North American locations with JBS USA facilities.
But that’s where it’s landed, after two tumultuous months for the Brazilian beef industry in general and specifically, JBS SA’s worldwide protein empire led by Chairman Joesley Batista. J