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RCL Foods Limited is a South African consumer goods and milling company. Founded in 1960 as Rainbow Chicken Ltd, [1] the company has its headquarters in Westville near Durban, and employs over 20,000 people. RCL is 77.7% owned by the South African investment firm Remgro. [6]
The Swameat Corporation was established in 1986 as a state organization in charge of meat production and exports in Namibia. In 2001, it changed its name to Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco). [3] In 2003, following an EU ban on Namibian meat imports, Meatco had to return 17 containers of fresh meat to Africa. [4]
Tiger Brands Limited (JSE: TBS) is a South African packaged goods company. [3] In addition to the company's South African operations, Tiger Brands has direct and indirect interests in international food businesses in Chile, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Lesotho and Cameroon. [4] Tiger Brands is South Africa's largest food company. [5]
JBS Foods International (JBSFI) engages in the food business internationally, and is the largest meatpacking company in the world. [3] It is a "controlled company" in SEC parlance. JBSFI operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Poultry, and Other. It offers fresh and processed beef, lamb, sheep, pork, and chicken.
Manages air traffic and navigation within South Africa and part of the Southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans R1.673bn [17] R0.067bn Fully state owned 1993 Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Airport management: Owner and operator of major airports. 3,110 R2.86bn R0.23bn 74.6% state owned 1993 Alexkor: Mining: Diamond mining. 859 [18] R0.2bn [18 ...
The Liebig Extract of Meat Company was acquired by the Vestey Group in 1924 and the factory was renamed Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay, also known as El Anglo. The company's assets included over 2-3 million hectares of farm land and herds of cattle in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Southern Rhodesia, Kenya and South Africa.
In 2007, JBS went through with a US$225m acquisition of U.S. firm Swift & Company, [12] which was the third largest U.S. beef and pork processor, renamed as JBS USA. It leads the world in slaughter capacity, at 51.4 thousand head per day, and continues to focus on production operations, processing, and export plants, nationally and internationally.
The William Davies Company facilities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1920. This facility was then the third largest hog-packing plant in North America. The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.