DOJ Probing Chicken Industry For Anti-Competitive Conduct

By Matthew Perlman (June 25, 2019, 7:46 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Department of Justice revealed last week that it is investigating potential anti-competitive conduct in the chicken industry, asking an Illinois federal court for permission to weigh in on private litigation against Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride and several other poultry producers.

The DOJ filed a motion on Friday looking to intervene and stay discovery in a case accusing the producers of engaging in a sprawling anti-competitive scheme that raised the price of chicken sold in the U.S. between 2008 and 2016. The private litigation dates to 2016, and the agency said in its motion that while it's important to keep the...

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