Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies.

Provides background on JBS South America, the largest meat processor in the world, based in Brazil; and its recent acquisitions of major U.S. meat companies. Reviews Congressional and industry responses, and provides side-by-side comparison of JBS and Smithfield Beef Group.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Big business. Corporations, Foreign. Meat. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background on JBS South America, the largest meat processor in the world, based in Brazil; and its recent acquisitions of major U.S. meat companies. Reviews Congressional and industry responses, and provides side-by-side comparison of JBS and Smithfield Beef Group.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.