JBS reached an agreement with the Mato Grosso State Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPMT) after polluting a watercourse in Lucas do Rio Verde by discharging untreated effluent from its cattle feedlot. According to the MPMT, the company was also fined by the State Secretariat for the Environment for operating without an environmental license and for discharging effluents without a permit to use water resources. As a result of the pollution, JBS will be required to pay R$200,000 (around US$ 35,000 at that time).