By Fabio Teixeira

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian Labor Minister Luiz Marinho is carrying out an unusual final review of an investigation that could blacklist a poultry unit of meatpacker JBS SA for subjecting workers to “slavery-like conditions,” according to documents seen by Reuters.

That interruption of the usual process has stoked concerns among labor inspectors and legal experts who called it an unprecedented move that could introduce political influence into Brazil’s decades-long effort to combat modern slavery.

The Labor Ministry did not respond to a detailed set of questions, but said the proceeding is ongoing and appeals by JBS are still under analysis.

The case stems from a federal raid last year that found ten people working in slavery-like conditions for a contractor h

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