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Meat giant JBS linked to Pantanal slave labor
A recent study by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) on slave labor in Brazil’s cattle industry found that one-third of companies using slave labor in the country’s Pantanal wetlands have trade links with JBS, the world’s largest meat-producing company.
👉 Why it matters. According to JBS itself, the company is the world’s largest protein producer — and the world’s second-largest food producer. A survey commissioned by the meat giant claims that its entire production chain accounted for 2 percent of Brazil’s 2021 GDP and was linked to 2.9 million direct or indirect jobs.
By the numbers. The EJF, an environmental and human rights NGO, found that between 1995 and 2022, the cattle ranching industry was responsible for nearly half (46 percent) of the 2,023 cases...