Dismissed Pilgrim's Pride price-fixing claims return 07.20.2023 By Ryan McCarthy The investor who initially filed a 2016 complaint against the meat company can bring back his securities-fraud class action case.Read More
Poultry industry price fixing claims to be addressed 07.06.2023 By Ryan McCarthy US District Court Judge Thomas M. Durkin ruled last week that large poultry producers must face antitrust litigation that accused them of conspiring to inflate chicken prices. Read More
Seaboard reaches settlement to resolve price-fixing allegations 06.28.2023 By Rachael Oatman The company agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve allegations of a pork price-fixing conspiracy. Read More
Safeway, Albertson's to pay $107 million settlement 05.11.2023 By Rachael Oatman The settlement is against a complaint that the companies falsely advertised buy-one-get-one-free (BOGO) promotions. Read More
JBS starts new in-house sanitation business 05.04.2023 By Rachael Oatman The creation of JBS Sanitation follows the child-labor allegations against JBS’s previous sanitation service provider, PSSI.Read More
Legislators ask USDA to end contracts with JBS 04.24.2023 By Rachael Oatman Two lawmakers urged Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to suspend government contracts with meatpacking giant JBS SA, including its subsidiaries. Read More
NatureSweet files lawsuit against Mastronardi 04.14.2023 By Hayley Hyer NatureSweet claims that Mastronardi is copying its branding for a third time.Read More
Perdue Farms to pay settlement for wage-fixing case 03.20.2023 By Bob Sims The Salisbury, Md., pork and poultry processor denies any wrongdoing. Read More
PSSI to pay civil penalties for child labor violations 02.21.2023 By Ryan McCarthy PSSI is to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties after DOL found that at least 102 workers from 13 to 17 years of age were cleaning meatpacking plants. Read More
False advertising lawsuits regarding Beyond Meat to be consolidated 02.06.2023 By Rachael Oatman The five lawsuits, pending in four different districts, center around false advertising and labeling practices.Read More