date:Apr 16, 2013
Reuters.
On its website, Brasil Foods says it checks the websites of government agencies to ensure it does not buy cattle from farms in illegal areas or those on a slave labor black list.
Prosecutors said the offences were detected during monitoring of the companies' activities after all 26 refused to sign up to an accord under which they would have had to agree to avoid the practices for which they may now be fined.
Illegal cattle ranching has been one of the major drivers of Amazon deforest