More opposition to the possible sale of Inaler San José meatpacking plant to Minerva: the deal may fall through

Journalist Andrés Oyhenard published on the Tardaguila portal that the possibilities of Minerva's new operation to acquire three Marfrig plants in Uruguay (La Caballada, Colonia, and Inaler San José) and then divest two of them (Colonia to the Indian group Allana immediately and Inaler to a third party within 24 months) are beginning to narrow. According to World Beef Report (WBR), in recent weeks there have been exchanges between leaders of the National Meat Institute (INAC) and members of the Promotion and Defense of Competition Commission (Coprodec), a decentralized body under the aegis of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). Both the president of INAC, Gastón Scayola, and its vice president, Leonardo Bove, have a position contrary to this new operation proposed by Minerva to expand its participation in Uruguay. Both leaders were appointed by the Executive Branch of Yamandú Orsi, which is not a minor detail because beyond the technical definition that Coprodec dictates, ...