(Adds attempt to reach Moreira Salles family, no comment from
Verallia paragraph 2)
Jan 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's billionaire Moreira Salles
family is exploring a potential take-private bid for French
glass packaging producer Verallia SA VRLA.PA , Bloomberg News
reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
A representative for BWSA, the Moreira Salles family office,
did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Verallia
declined to comment.
(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru, Alessandro Parodi
in Gdansk and Patricia Vilas Boas in Sao Paolo; Editing by
Shailesh Kuber and Jan Harvey)
((RheaRose.Abraham@thomsonreuters.com;))