Brazil prosecutors launch suit against meatpacking giant JBS over beef tied to slavery-like labor

Mongabay
Apr 30, 2026, 1:35 pm183 ptsTrendingTop
SAO PAULO (AP) — Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions. The civil action suit before a labor court in the northern Brazilian state of Para seeks nearly 119…

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