Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is the latest person to accuse the top poultry companies in the United States of participating in a conspiracy to rig bids and inflate the price of chicken, reports WATTPoultry.com.
Ferguson announced on October 26 that he filed a lawsuit against the companies, as well as Agri Stats, asserting that the companies coordinated to reduce production during 2008-09 and 2011-12, resulting in significant high prices. He further asserted that the companies engaged in an illegal bid rigging scheme from 2011 to 2019.
The companies named in Ferguson’s lawsuit include: Tyson Foods, Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Perdue Farms, Koch Foods, Mountaire Farms, Wayne Farms, Amick Farms, George’s, Peco Foods, House of Raeford, Fieldale Farms, Case Foods, Mar-Jac Poultry, Claxton Poultry Farms, Simmons Foods, O.K. Foods and Harrison Poultry.
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