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 Car of the Federal Police in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, in Brasília, during Operation Weak Meat. | |
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The Operation Carne Fraca (Operation Weak Meat in Brazilian media in English) is an operation started on March 17, 2017, and enforced by the Federal Police of Brazil, that country's federal police force, which investigated some of the country's largest meat processing companies. The name is a pun between the operation's concern with meat and the Bible verse about "weak flesh" (Matthew 26:41) – as a result, it is sometimes translated "Operation Weak Flesh".[2]
It is an operation launched by the Federal Police of Brazil, which began on March 17, 2017. It investigates the largest companies in the industry — JBS, owner of the brands Seara, Swift, Friboi and Vigor, and BRF, owner of Sadia and Perdigão — accused of adulterating the meat they sold in domestic and international markets.[3] The scandal of adulterated meat in Brazil involves more than thirty food companies in the country,[4][5] accused of selling spoiled meat, changing expiration dates, altering appearance, and using chemical products to seek the resale of spoiled meat and to point out government agents accused of allowing the sale of such meat.[6]
The company JBS S.A. (which represents about a quarter of world's market on beef,[citation needed] and holds the trademarks Friboi, Seara Alimentos (Seara Foods), Swift Armour, and Vigor) and the BRF company (which holds the trademarks Perdigão and Sadia) are accused of having mixed rotten meat treated with chemical components into meat sold in Brazil and abroad.[3]
Recordings registered the interference of the then Minister of Justice of the Michel Temer government, Osmar Serraglio, demanding from one of the scheme's leaders and main target of the investigation, Daniel Gonçalves Filho, information about the inspection at one of the involved meatpacking plants.[7]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Weak Meat: Understand what weighs against each meatpacking plant". Veja. Abril. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ^ "Seven questions and answers about Operation Weak Flesh". Agência Brasil. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ a b Agência Brasil, ed. (March 17, 2017). "Justiça Federal no Paraná bloqueia R$1 bilhão dos maiores frigoríficos do país". EBC.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Operation Weak Meat by the Federal Police targets JBS and BRF for corruption scheme". El País. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Expired meat disguised with 'carcinogenic products': the scandal that affects the largest companies in Brazil". BBC Brasil. BBC. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Companies "disguised" expired meat and bribed ministry inspectors, says Federal Police". Agência Brasil. EBC. March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ Affonso, Júlia; Macedo, Fausto (March 17, 2017). "'Big boss, how are you doing?' says Serraglio to leader of criminal scheme". Estadão. O Estado de São Paulo SA. Retrieved March 18, 2017.