Brazil

Brazil Agriculture Ministry Uncovers Olive Oil 'Irregularities'

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Supply has identified irregularities in 45 brands of olive oil among 140 collected in the last two yea...

Brazil Could Lose Up To $1.5bn In Meat Exports

Brazilian meat packers may lose as much as $1.5 billion in exports this year after a corruption scandal that raised questions about meat quality. In an...

Brazil's GPA Commits To Animal Welfare In Egg Production

Brazil's GPA Group is the first major retailer from the South American country to make a public commitment to animal welfare in terms of egg production....

Brazil’s GPA To Open 28 Assaí Stores This Year

Brazilian food retailer Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA) plans to open up to 28 Assaí cash-and-carry stores in 2017. With the...

Carrefour Surpasses GPA As Top Grocery Retailer In Brazil

Carrefour's 2016 turnover surpassed Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA), making it the top grocery retailer in Brazil last year. Ac...

Granarolo Acquires 60% Of Brazil’s Allfood

Italian dairy food company, Granarolo, has acquired 60% of Brazilian importer and distributer of European foods, Allfood. Based in São Paulo, All...

Brazil Meat Exports Plunge 99.9% As More Countries Add Curbs

The so-called Weak Flesh probe launched March 17 by Brazilian police into the alleged bribing of federal inspection agents to clear the sale and export adu...