July 2019: Screenshots of Facebook social media post show JBS-branded livestock truck reportedly being used to collect cattle from a farm that has been embargoed.
The system: how does ‘cattle laundering’ work?
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Land, often public, is deforested and subdivided
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Cattle are introduced in recently deforested areas
After a while, the cattle grazing in the deforested areas are sent to another farm without irregularities like land grabbing or deforestation
How
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The ‘clean’ farm sells the irregular cattle to the slaughterhouse, effectively hiding the trail of destruction
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Without the control of all suppliers, direct and indirect, meat from deforestation ‘contaminates the entire value chain
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And it is sold to supermarkets, mixed with other products made without irregularities
