Sao Paulo, BRAZIL: An employee slices beef at a supermarket, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 May 2007. The Brazilian group JBS-Friboi, Latin America's main producer and exporter of bovine meat, announced the acquisition of the American company Swift Foods by 1,400 million dollars, giving rise to the birth of a giant of the branch. Brazil has the world's biggest flock, with near 200 million heads, according to the minister of Agriculture, and has become the first world-wide exporter in the last years, surpassing the United States and Australia. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA (Photo credit should read MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)
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