Slave Labor at Brazilian Cattle Farms Focus of New Report
More than a dozen instances of severe worker rights violations were found in a small part of top producers’ supply chains.
Historically, slave labor in Brazil’s livestock industry has often been tied to this burning of land rather than cattle-rearing itself.
Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg
A few feeder farms to some of Brazil’s top beef producers have used slave labor, according to a new report, adding urgency to government and corporate promises to clean up the meat supply chain.
Reporter Brasil, an independent research group focused on environmental and labor issues, said it identified more than a dozen cases in which JBS SA, Minerva SA and four smaller producers slaughtered cattle that likely originated on farms flagged for extreme worker abuses in recent years.