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The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest

Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatly

The Guardian - UK

More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand

Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil

The Guardian - UK

Trade Minister Don Farrell to visit China in push to end trade war

Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell will hold a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing this week, with hopes it could signal the trade turmoil between China and Australia will soon be over.

ABC News

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Firm that hired kids to clean meat plants keeps losing work

The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall

The Independent UK

Collagen craze endorsed by top celebs fuelling damage to the Amazon rainforest

Celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Mark Wright and Georgia Toffolo promote one brand of collagen - although there's no suggestion they knew of the links to deforestation

Daily Mirror

Deadly Strathmerton crash sends 'shock wave' through community in Victoria's north-east

The deadliest road crash in Victoria in more than a decade devastates a tight-knit community in the state's north-east as family members from overseas struggle to come to terms with the loss.

ABC News

Cargill ends contract with meatpacking cleaning service that illegally hired minors

Cargill, one of the nation's largest beef producers, has cut ties with a Wisconsin-based janitorial service that employed underage workers in violation of federal labor law.

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Brazilian meat firm’s A- sustainability rating has campaigners up in arms

Environmentalists question high grade given to JBS and accuse it of deforestation in the Amazon and under-reporting emissions

The Guardian - UK

With stakes high, Brazil meat industry dominates Lula delegation to China

More than a quarter of business leaders traveling to China with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next week come from Brazil's booming meat industry, highlighting the high stakes for a sector reliant on Chinese demand for most of its exports.

Reuters

Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5M for hiring minors

The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country

The Independent UK

The food emissions ‘solutions’ alarming experts after Cop27

The food industry’s fingerprints were all over the solutions touted at the UN climate summit last month, campaigners and NGOs say

The Guardian - US

'Secret, not a secret': Southwestern Minnesota meatpacking towns react to child labor allegations

WORTHINGTON, Minnesota — In a basement office, across the street from the Casey's convenience store and just a block from the high school football field, a sign on the window for PSSI, a meatpacking janitorial service, announces nearly $20 an hour pay.

Tribune News Service

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers criticised for ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs

The Guardian - UK

Methane emissions from 15 meat and dairy companies rival those of the EU

Combined emissions from 15 companies equate to more than 80% of EU’s entire methane footprint, study finds

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Food firms’ plans for 1.5C climate target fall short, say campaigners

Major producers of soya and beef accused of failing to deliver on pledges to stop deforestation

The Guardian - US

Sanitation firm accused of employing 31 children at animal slaughter facilities

Department of Labor complaint says Nebraska firm employed children ages 13 to 17 to work with ‘dangerous equipment’

The Independent UK

How British chicken is destroying the Amazon

US food company JBS’ subsidary Seara supplies chicken to British supermarkets, schools and hospitals

The Independent UK

How British chicken is destroying the Amazon

US food company JBS’ subsidary Seara supplies chicken to British supermarkets, schools and hospitals

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The Guardian - UK

Chicken in British supermarkets ‘linked to deforested Amazon’

Investigation found that JBS poultry were fed on soya beans and corn from deforested areas

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: world’s biggest meat firm appears to have avoided millions in UK tax

Exclusive: major supplier to brands including KFC and Nando’s used offshore companies allowing them to reduce UK tax payments, investigation suggests

The Independent UK

JBS to pay $20 million in pork price-fixing settlement

JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate pork prices

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Boosts its Food Security

Saudi Arabia is boosting its food security by allocating industrial land of more than 25,000 square meters in the second industrial city in Jeddah to the largest international meat company. The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) signed a privatization contract with Seara Arabian for Food Industries,…

Birmingham Post

JBS Products invests £120,000 into Warwickshire factory

Company adds new press line aimed at boosting production of plaster beads

The Independent UK

Problematic or perilous: Brazil's environmental choice

Brazilians go to the polls in October, and they´ll have a choice between reelecting Jair Bolsonaro, or bringing back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK

Sysco accuses 4 largest beef processors of price fixing

The nation's largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices

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