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Tyson’s Brazil unit off,
running
11 June 2010
 A
chicken-processing plant owned and operated by Tyson Foods Inc.’s
Brazilian unit shipped its first load of chicken out of that country
this week.
Tyson do Brasil operates three plants, one each in Itaiopolis and
Sao Jose in Santa Catarina and Campo Mourao in Parana. All three
plants are licensed to export poultry to Brazil’s main external
markets, according to a Friday news release from the company.
The first shipment of chicken cuts, 28 tons, was shipped to Tyson
customers in Hong Kong, Japan and Middle Eastern countries.
Raphael Martins, Tyson’s commercial director in Brazil, said in the
news release that the next goal for two of the plants is to get
permission to export to the ... |
