Brazil · Business

Key Facts

—Allegation. JBS is accused of indirect cattle purchases from six farms on Brazil’s slave-labor dirty list between 2016 and 2023.

—Rebuttal. JBS says it does not buy from farms linked to forced labour and updates its monitoring systems regularly.

—Lawsuit. Labour prosecutors sued JBS and Cargill in April 2026, seeking 119 million reais (US$21 million) in damages over supply-chain abuses.