Source: Todd Neeley, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 7/29/21

Koch Foods Inc. and four Pilgrim's Pride Corp. executives were charged for their role in an alleged nationwide broiler chicken price-fixing conspiracy, according to an indictment handed down by a grand jury in Denver on Wednesday. The indictment is the latest action in an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to the Park Ridge, Illinois-based Koch Foods, the new indictment that supersedes a previous indictment also charges Pilgrim's Pride executives Jason McGuire, a former executive vice president of sales for prepared foods; Timothy Stiller, a former general manager of fresh food services and small bird de-bone; Wesley "Scott" Tucker, a national accounts sales executive; and Justin Gay, director of fresh food service sales.

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