UPDATE 3-Coronavirus contaminated chicken came from Brazil’s Aurora, Chinese local govt says


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(Adds byline, Aurora's statement and updates BRF share price) By Jake Spring and Ana Mano BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Shenzhen's government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora, the country's third largest processor of chicken and pork, as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Shenzhen government identified the plant by its registration number in a posting on its website, that when checked against Brazilian records linked it to an Aurora facility in Brazil's Southern state of Santa Catarina. Aurora, an unlisted company, said in...