A New Link Tracing Beef From Amazon Rainforest to Grocery Stores.

(Bloomberg) -- Meatpacking powerhouses like JBS SA and Marfrig Global Foods SA have borne the brunt of watchdog efforts to root out illegal deforestation in Brazil's beef industry. But a new report is transferring attention further down the supply chain, seeking to tie French supermarket giants Carrefour SA and Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA, plus a company controlled by Advent International Corp., to the destruction of the Amazon. Five of those companies - Grupo Pao de Acucar, Carrefour, Marfrig, Minerva, and JBS - say they have systems in place to monitor direct suppliers and are working to make the checks even more robust. [Extracted from the article]