Why cooperative Lar wants to stay ‘clean’

Brazil’s animal protein industry consists of various large cooperatives. One of the best known cooperatives is Lar, headquartered in Medianeira, PR, in the country’s south. With African Swine Fever ravaging Asia, opportunities are plentiful to step up its importance on a larger scale. Inside the control room of the Santa Helena feed plant a large green smiley is hanging on the wall. It is looking at four employees watching their screens. “It’s a sign that the plant is very clean,” say