JBS has acquired two plants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to produce prepared foods.

Robert “Bob” Wilt left as the CEO of Canadian meat and poultry company Sofina Foods to lead Maaden, also known as the Saudi Arabian Mining Co.

BRF has executed a memorandum of understanding Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, to form a joint venture for chicken production in Saudi Arabia.

Seven Asian countries registered new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry during late December. 

Negotiations are ongoing between the two current owners of Turkish poultry company, Banvit, on its future. A Middle Eastern sovereign fund may opt to continue its 40% share, or this may be purchased by the majority owner, BRF.

Turkey’s output of chicken meat, eggs, and turkey meat was lower for the first six months of 2021 than in the year before. 

Saudi Arabia-based Tanmiah Food Company has announced it will make a number of investments to support an expansion in poultry production. Coming shortly after an oversubscribed Initial Public Offering (IPO), the company’s plans fit well with national policy to raise self-sufficiency in poultry meat production.