Big egg producers settle price inflation probe with DOJ for 53 million eggs — and $3.3M
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Leading Egg Producers Settle Price-Fixing ClaimsThree top egg suppliers agreed to a $3.3M settlement and donated 53 million eggs amid a multi-year collusion probe.
- The Department of Justice and 17 states reached a $3.3 million settlement with major egg producers over alleged price manipulation.
- Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman's Egg Ranch agreed to donate approximately 53 million eggs to food banks.
- The companies reportedly coordinated daily egg price indexes from June 2022 through March 2025 to inflate prices artificially.
- The settlement mandates new antitrust compliance programs and prohibits future coordinated price fixing among the firms.
Food affordability is a top priority of the Antitrust Division.— Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi of the DOJ's Antitrust Division.
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