Ibama on Thursday announced it was looking into 12 plants for such violations, but did not name the companies. In a statement, JBS said it did not buy cattle from the farm that Ibama said had been illegally razed. Ibama added that it had already fined six unnamed meatpackers 4 million reais ($740,000) for directly buying 8,172 head of cattle from what it called "embargoed areas." It said it fined the violators a total of 49 million reais ($9.04 million), without specifying which companies or people they were. "Producing, selling or buying cattle from these embargoed areas is an environmental crime and those responsible are fined," Ibama's statement said.