By Henrique Santiago ( October 2, 2026, 19:57 GMT | Insight) -- JBS and Viva told Brazil’s competition watchdog that the creation of JBS Viva, a jointly controlled leather company, would result in limited overlaps in the production and sale of leather and leather by-products, while vertical relationships between their activities across the leather supply chain are unlikely to raise competition concerns.JBS, Brazil’s agribusiness conglomerate owned by Grupo J&F, is seeking approval from the Brazilian competition authority to create a new leather company together with Viva....
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