Previous posts here and here highlighted the recent net $155 million FCPA enforcement action against J&F Investimentos S.A. (a private investment holding company based in Brazil that owns approximately 250 companies primarily involved in the meat and agriculture business) and a related entity for allegedly bribing Brazilian officials.
In the aftermath of the enforcement action, Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn and Vice Chair of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the U.S. Department of Agriculture) recently sent this letter to the USDA Secretary requesting that it “initiate suspension and debarment proceedings against JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of the Brazilian-owned and controlled meatpacker JBS SA, and each of its companies, including but not limited to Pilgrim’s Pride.”