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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 737078" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>While it is an admirable thought on the part of the originator, if this is legitimate, there is much more to the issue. Here is an interesting press release from JBS, the Brazilian Company that purchased Swift & Co, Packerland, 5 Rivers Feeders, etc etc etc.. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.jbsswift.com/media/releases/Material_Fact_SmithfieldClosing_20081023.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.jbsswift.com/media/releases/Material_Fact_SmithfieldClosing_20081023.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>According to their own press release, JBS is the world's largest beef producer and exporter at 65 thousand head PER DAY, owns 22 plants in Brazil, 6 in Argentina, 16 in the USA, 10 in Australia and 10 in that beef capital, Italy. They claimed to be the worlds largest "exporter of processed beef".</p><p></p><p>I would imagine that McDonalds is one of the worlds largest customers for processed beef and a likely customer for JBS.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone really think any of these folks care where the beef they are shipping around the globe comes from???? McD's as a publicly owned company is interested in one thing: profits for the stockholders. They are going to buy the cheapest beef they can get us to consume - and that is most likely NOT going to be from the US.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 737078, member: 7509"] While it is an admirable thought on the part of the originator, if this is legitimate, there is much more to the issue. Here is an interesting press release from JBS, the Brazilian Company that purchased Swift & Co, Packerland, 5 Rivers Feeders, etc etc etc.. [url]http://www.jbsswift.com/media/releases/Material_Fact_SmithfieldClosing_20081023.pdf[/url] According to their own press release, JBS is the world's largest beef producer and exporter at 65 thousand head PER DAY, owns 22 plants in Brazil, 6 in Argentina, 16 in the USA, 10 in Australia and 10 in that beef capital, Italy. They claimed to be the worlds largest "exporter of processed beef". I would imagine that McDonalds is one of the worlds largest customers for processed beef and a likely customer for JBS. Does anyone really think any of these folks care where the beef they are shipping around the globe comes from???? McD's as a publicly owned company is interested in one thing: profits for the stockholders. They are going to buy the cheapest beef they can get us to consume - and that is most likely NOT going to be from the US. [/QUOTE]
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