The JBS statement came as the head of Brazil's state-run development bank BNDES, which controls 21 percent of JBS, sharply criticized the late Saturday night board meeting that named Jose Batista Sobrinho as the new CEO. BNDES wants to oust the Batistas from day-to-day management and the board of JBS, following revelations they bribed 1,893 politicians in the past decade to protect their business.

(Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)