Brazil’s Top Chicken Producer Gears Up for Supply Disruptions From Pandemic
- BRF adjusts production, expects lower slaugthering capacity
- Demand seen steady as retail offsets lower food-service demand
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Top Brazilian chicken producer BRF SA is preparing for possible processing bottlenecks as the coronavirus spreads in the South American meat-producing giant.
The Sao Paulo-based company is controlling chick volumes to avoid having to cull birds if slaughtering capacity drops, Chief Executive Officer Lorival Luz said Monday in a conference call. That will result in lower chicken production in the second quarter, he said.