Carrefour apologised on Tuesday after its CEO Alexandre Bompard's criticism of South American meat last week angered Brazilian companies and caused suppliers to cut beef deliveries to the food retailer's Brazilian subsidiary.

Carrefour SA has issued a public apology to Brazil to settle a crisis with its government and farmers, after having said the company would not sell South American meat in France.

Brazil's agriculture minister on Monday threw his support behind national meat suppliers who have boycotted deliveries to local French-owned supermarket chain Carrefour, in a growing row related to