Exhibit 12.01  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND
15d-14(a) AS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  I, Lorival Nogueira
Luz Júnior, certify that:  1.I have
reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of BRF S.A. (the “Company”);  2.Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  3.Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;  4.I
am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:  (a)  Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;  (b)  Designed such
internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;  (c)  Evaluated the
effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report my conclusion about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and  (d)  Disclosed in this
report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and  5.I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the
Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


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(a) 
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information; and  (b)  Any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Date: April [27],
2018  By:/s/ [Lorival
Nogueira Luz Júnior] Name:  Lorival
Nogueira Luz Júnior Title:   
Global Chief Executive and Financial and Investor Relations Officer