Pedro Pullen Parente was named the new chairman of the Brazil-based meat and poultry company Andre Ribeiro | Banco de Imagens PetrobrasFollowing a vote at an extraordinary meeting of the BRF Board of Directors on April 26 is currently the president and chief executive of oil Company Petroleo Brasileiro According to an announcement to the market posted on the BRF website all matters set forth on the meeting’s agenda were approved the proposed slate of board members and officers was listed That listing included Parente as chairman and Augusto Marques da Cruz Filho as vice chairman Other board member nominations on the agenda were Dan Ioschpe Francisco Petros Oliveira Lima Papathanasiadis Luiz Fernando Furlan,  Roberto Antonio Mendes The extraordinary board meeting had been scheduled after the two largest shareholders of BRF largely because of dissatisfaction with the company’s recent financial performance BRF concluded its 2017 fiscal year with a net loss of BRL1.2 billion ($371 million) The company has also been hampered after being implicated in the Operation Weak Flesh investigation, and having imports from 12 of its plants banned from import into the European Union the company has had to lay off workers at its plants in Rio Verde although a large portion of those furloughed in Mineiros have reportedly returned to work Earlier this week, BRF announced that the company’s global CEO, José Aurélio Drummond Jr. had resigned after serving in that capacity for about four months chief financial and investor relations officer while also maintaining his current job responsibilities By submitting this form, you acknowledge that use of your data is governed by our Privacy Policy. you agree to receive texts or calls regarding your subscription or other WATT products and services Please call +1 (847) 400-5960 for custom support The Brazilian food company is cleared to ship as many as 5,000 tons of product per month to the Arab country São Paulo – The world’s biggest poultry exporting company, BRF of Brazil got cleared by Oman to ship product from 14 of its plants BRF told ANBA that the Arab country revised its process: it used to give accreditation to entire countries whereas now it clears each plant individually and one of them is allowed to sell two types of product BRF will be allowed to ship as many as 5,000 tons of food products per month to Oman Its Sadia brand is one of the leading suppliers of protein to Oman and the premier supplier of 30-day-old chickens – domestically The green light came after a group of Omani religious and food safety delegates visited BRF facilities in Brazil in 2019 The newly accredited plants are located in Chapecó (SC) The Capinzal unit got cleared to sell chicken and processed items BRF retains 12% of the world’s poultry protein market “BRF has been active in Oman for over 30 years now and the export accreditation of our plants attests to the quality of our products and it further enhances our foothold in key markets to our growth strategy,” says Fadi Felfeli adding new international markets is one of the company’s primary long-term strategies The Gulf country has deposited its instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies which is aimed at curbing harmful subsidies that contribute to overfishing and promoting the sustainable management of global marine resources The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is the news website of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Its goal is to promote communication between Brazilians and Arabs.