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      "id": "RS22980_2009Mar10",
      "date": "2009-03-10",
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      "title": "Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies",
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      "title": "Recent Acquisitions of U.S. Meat Companies",
      "summary": "This report examines issues regarding the recent acquisitions of U.S. meat companies. In July 2007, JBS \u2014 a Brazilian company regarded as the world\u2019s largest meat processor \u2014 purchased the U.S. beef processor Swift & Co., then the third-largest U.S. beef processing company. In February and March 2008, JBS signed agreements to acquire the fourth- and fifth-largest U.S. beef packers, National Beef Packing Company and the Smithfield Beef Group, respectively. These planned acquisitions have undergone customary regulatory review by the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ\u2019s) Antitrust Division.",
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