RIO DE JANEIRO, April 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian labor

prosecutors have filed lawsuits against five firms over labor

abuses in their supply chains, with grain trader Cargill

and meatpacker JBS among those targeted, they

said in a statement on Wednesday.

* Prosecutors are asking a court to order JBS to pay around

119 million reais ($23.78 million) in damages in a case in Para

state, where workers were found in "slavery-like" conditions in

the company's supply chain.

* Cargill is being sued for 109 million reais for "grave

violations of human rights" in its soy supply chain in Rondonia

state.

* The lawsuits stem from a 2020 project to track supply

chains aimed at fighting human trafficking and serious labor

abuses.

* Neither firm immediately responded to a request for

comment.

* Prosecutors also signed deals with nine firms that agreed

to improve the tracking of labor abuses in their supply chains.

($1 = 5.0048 reais)