China rehabilitates 3 slaughterhouses in Brazil and Indonesia opens 11 more, says Fávaro

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - China has rehabilitated three meat packing plants in Brazil, one for beef and two for poultry, while Indonesia has rehabilitated 11 beef packing plants in the country, Agriculture Minister Carlos Fávaro said on Wednesday after meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The JBS unit in Mozarlândia, in Goiás, had suspended beef shipments to China since last year and may resume sales to the country, according to information from the ministry. The poultry plants contemplated with the end of the Chinese suspension are Belo Alimentos in Itaquerai (MS), and São Salvador Alimentos, located in Itaberaí (GO). “This is excellent news, it is a sign that Brazilian credibility has returned”, Fávaro told journalists, citing the importance of President Lula. In the case of Indonesia, among the large companies qualified, Marfrig had three cattle units –in Tangará da Serra (MT), Promissão (SP) and Chupinguaia (RO)–, ...