JBS Outlines Brazilian Beef Shipment Plans to U.S. for 2016 and for 2017

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As previously reported, Brazil has been granted access to the “fresh beef” market in the United States. The United States Department of Agriculture approved shipment for Brazil on August 1, 2016. Fresh beef has now made its way from Brazil with the first shipments landing in Phila-delphia.

JBS S.A. expects to export 100 containers of Brazilian fresh beef to the U.S. per month beginning in the first half of 2017, equ...