Food retailers launch boycotts over deforestation links to the beef industry.
The Brazilian beef industry has been under pressure for years over the illegal deforestation of the Amazon to raise livestock and grow soya.
On Wednesday, six European supermarket chains, including two owned by Dutch firm Arnold Delhaize and a Carrefour subsidiary, said they would stop selling some or all beef products from Brazil due to links to deforestation, Reuters reported.
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