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UK fast food 'linked to Brazilian forest fires'
By Jim Reed and Joseph Lee
Victoria Derbyshire programme
5 hours ago
Some of the UK's largest fast-food chains have been selling meat from animals fed on soya beans linked to Brazil's forest fires, campaigners say.
Some £240m of its soya was shipped to the UK in 2018, EU trade figures show.
Greenpeace said it wanted the companies to stop using soya from Brazil in their supply chains until the environment was better protected.
Brazil's environment minister told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme any boycott could make the situation worse.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49973997
Environment and energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127132708
