chicken producers cartel

General

DOJ's Criminal Cartel Prosecution of Chicken Industry Expands Net -- Koch Foods and Four Pilgrim's Pride Executives Charged

The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division continues to target a sprawling cartel investigation of the chicken industry. In its most recent action, the Justice Department announced an indictment of Koch Foods and four individual executives from Pilgrim’s Pride tying them into the broad price-fixing conspiracy for the sale

General

Pilgrim’s Pride Pleads Guilty to Price-Fixing and Bid-Rigging Conspiracy and Agrees to Pay $107 Million Fine

The Justice Department’s criminal investigation of the chicken producing industry continues to gain momentum. Pilgrim’s Pride is the first company to plead guilty and cooperate in the ongoing criminal investigation of the broiler chicken industry. Pilgrim’s Pride is the second largest chicken producer in the United States.