[6] The company JBS S.A. (which represents about a quarter of world's market on beef,[citation needed] and holds the trademarks Friboi, Seara Alimentos (Seara Foods), Swift Armour, and Vigor) and the BRF company (which holds the trademarks Perdigão and Sadia) are accused of having mixed rotten meat treated with chemical components into meat sold in Brazil and abroad.

[3] Recordings registered the interference of the then Minister of Justice of the Michel Temer government, Osmar Serraglio, demanding from one of the scheme's leaders and main target of the investigation, Daniel Gonçalves Filho, information about the inspection at one of the involved meatpacking plants.

JBS, the largest meatpacker in the world, with the Friboi, Seara, Swift, and Pilgrim's Pride brands, exported meat to 150 countries.

[3] The Federal Police stated that part of the bribes released in the scheme went to the PMDB, the party of the acting president Michel Temer,[5] and to the PP, a member of the ruling coalition.

[3][5] Federal Police delegate Maurício Moscardi reminded that both entrepreneurs and public officials bear responsibility for the criminal acts against the population.

The main target of this phase was Francisco Carlos de Assis, former regional superintendent of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) in the state of Goiás.

According to the Federal Police, the individuals under investigation may face charges such as document forgery, qualified embezzlement, and formation of a criminal organization, in addition to crimes against public health.

[13] According to Minister Blairo Maggi, the European Union requested an emergency meeting with the Brazilian government to seek clarifications about the police operation and the investigations into the fraud.

[18] On March 19, President Michel Temer, after a meeting with ambassadors, announced a task force to investigate the targets of Carne Fraca.

[19] The main companies investigated and targeted in Operation Carne Fraca donated 393 million reais to politicians in the 2014 general elections.