Supermarkets drop Brazilian beef products linked to deforestation

Sainsbury's is one of six European supermarkets to stop selling some or all beef products from South American country

Sainsbury's and five other European supermarkets have announced they will stop selling some or all beef products originating in Brazil because of concerns over links to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and other ecologically important areas.

Sainsbury's, along with Lidl Netherlands and others, took action after research into cattle laundering" involving the meat conglomerate JBS. According to the news organisation Reporter Brasil, the company allegedly indirectly sourced cattle from illegally deforested areas.