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Employee cafeteria at the Seara chicken slaughter facility near Cidrolandia, which exports approximately 65% of its production to Russia, China, and Europe. Seara was recently acquired by JBS, the Brazilian meatpacking conglomerate. They process 170,000 chickens per day, 3 million per month, and seem to run 24 hours/day. Most of their production is for export. All legs go boneless to Japan, wings go to China & HK, feet go to China and Africa, breasts 80% Europe, 20% Brazil, head, and bones are meal powder for Brazilian animal feed., internal organs: liver to the US for pet food, heart to Brazil for people food, etc. The plant employs 650 people per shift, and there are 350 people on the main cutting/sorting floor.

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Employee cafeteria at the Seara chicken slaughter facility near Cidrolandia, which exports approximately 65% of its production to Russia, China, and Europe. Seara was recently acquired by JBS, the Brazilian meatpacking conglomerate. They process 170,000 chickens per day, 3 million per month, and seem to run 24 hours/day. Most of their production is for export. All legs go boneless to Japan, wings go to China & HK, feet go to China and Africa, breasts 80% Europe, 20% Brazil, head, and bones are meal powder for Brazilian animal feed., internal organs: liver to the US for pet food, heart to Brazil for people food, etc. The plant employs 650 people per shift, and there are 350 people on the main cutting/sorting floor.

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