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Revealed: UK supermarkets linked to beef suppliers driving illegal Amazon deforestation



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The global meat industry is once again under fire over its links to rainforest destruction, with a major investigation today revealing that beef supplied by companies linked to illegal deforestation in Brazil may have ended up on the shelves of several leading British supermarkets, and even in food products supplied to the NHS.
An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, published today in partnership with BusinessGreen, has found that beef from farmers accused of illegal deforestation – and subsequently sanctioned with embargoes – was still making its way into global supply chains, including those serving at least two of …

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