10.12.19
Environment
A UN special rapporteur and his predecessor in post have called on the Bank's investment arm to ensure it only contributes to climate-friendly businesses
MEPs have called for a rethink of the Mercosur trade deal after the Bureau's revelations about burning in the Amazon around Brazilian abattoirs. The fires are often linked to cattle ranching in the re...
21.10.19
The Bureau shared data on imports of Brazilian beef across the EU with Die Welt, the German newspaper, who found major household names were buying from meat companies linked to deforestation
23.09.19
After revealing that salmonella in British eggs had poisoned 100 people, the Bureau discovered that rules to control the disease had been breached across the sector
20.09.19
The Bureau can exclusively reveal that British eggs have been contaminated with a dangerous strain of salmonella, despite recent government assurances that they are safe
17.09.19
The Bureau and Repórter Brasil have discovered that a major Brazilian meat company bought cows from a ranch that had been fined weeks earlier for breaking environmental protection rules
02.07.19
The world's biggest meat company has the power to impact climate change and openly admits to corruption, yet you've probably never heard of it
A huge cattle ranch business is flouting bans designed to protect the rainforest and selling its cows to the world's largest meat company, our investigation has found
Our data analysis showed that Brazil is exporting tonnes of salmonella-infected frozen chicken to Europe despite its much lower standards
13.06.19
The Bureau investigated the damage done to the environment by rising ammonia emissions from farms, and the simple steps farmers and government officials can take to prevent it
Led by an expert analysis of how ammonia gas is damaging human health in the UK, we investigated why farms are not taking simple measures to reduce their pollution
18.01.19
Global Superbugs
Zoetis is still selling feed additives which make livestock grow faster
28.12.18
Industrial-scale livestock farms housing tens of thousands of animals have received subsidies despite fears about spread of US-style farming in the UK
17.12.18
Previously unpublished US Department of Agriculture inspection logs reveal welfare violations in US abattoirs
12.10.18
Proposed new regulations would remove requirement to inspect every chicken before it goes into the foodchain
Zoetis, a former subsidiary of the drugs giant Pfizer, has been accused of double standards for selling growth promoters in India while publicly supporting a ban in the US
26.09.18
US officials inspecting UK plants found major food safety breaches including meat contaminated with faecal matter entering production lines.
19.09.18
A loophole means US farmers can still use many antibiotics targeted by a ban on growth promotion
Tests on thousands of meat samples show that farm animals are still being dosed with powerful antibiotics classified as “critically important” to human health.
05.09.18
Regulators found 135 cases where products labelled as pork, beef or lamb contained unspecified meats, often a composite of multiple species.
