Poultry producer to pay $110M fine over chicken price-fixing allegations
Story Date: 10/15/2020

 

Source:Jordan Williams, THE HILL, 10/14/20


The poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a plea agreement on Justice Department’s antitrust probe into the industry, agreeing to a $110 million fine.  Pilgrim’s will pay the nine-figure fire for alleged restraint of competition that officials say affected three contacts for sale of chicken products to one customer in the U.S. 

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