BRF CEO resigns amidst EU ban on imports
BRAZIL - 25 April 2018 - Just days after an EU ban on imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the CEO of BRF, José Aurélio Drummond Jr, has resigned, said the company in a securities filing
25 April 2018
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By: The announcement from the company has comes three days before company shareholders meet to make decisions about a new board of directors. In the meantime, the current Chief Financial Officer, Lorival Nogueira Luz Jr, has been announced as the interim CEO.
Mr Drummond took up the post near the end of 2017, and during his time as CEO the company was implicated in accusations of corruption which involved bribes given to health officials to allow the export of meat which may have been contaminated with Salmonella. After email evidence of the latter surfaced, the police issued 11 temporary arrest orders, 53 search orders and 27 orders to bring select individuals in for questioning.
Ryan Johnson
Ryan worked in conservation from 2008 to 2017, during which time he operated a rainbow trout hatchery and helped to maintain public and protected green spaces in Canada for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. As editor of The Poultry Site, he now writes about challenges and opportunities in agriculture across the globe.
