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JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, named Wesley Batista Filho, the grandson of the company's founder, as its next chief executive.

Some trade groups and food-safety advocates find that a rule aimed at increasing transparency has limitations.

Inflation-pressured consumers are cutting back on pork loins, bacon and hams. Executives at top pork processors Smithfield Foods and JBS said Tuesday that demand for pork is weaker than for chicken and beef. Smithfield’s fresh pork sales volumes were down 2% in its second quarter compared with a yea

Food companies largely dodged a regulatory hammer Monday after the Trump administration proposed overhauling how ingredients are introduced into the food supply.

Tyson Foods is planning on shuttering a major beef processing plant and selling another, the latest moves by the meatpacking giant to pull back from the beleaguered beef business.

The president said he would temporarily allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported into the U.S. without paying higher tariffs.

President Trump announced a plan to temporarily allow more foreign beef imports into the U.S. without paying higher tariffs, his latest move aimed at easing a run-up in beef prices for American shoppers.

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Joesley Batista met with President Trump in the Oval Office a day before the president announced a plan to waive tariffs on beef imports, angering farmers and ranchers.

The Brazilian billionaire who shares control of JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, lobbied President Trump to lower tariffs on beef imports as a way to tame rising U.S. prices.