US egg producers to donate millions of eggs and pay $3.3 billion in DOJ settlement
- Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers, resolving allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to inflate prices, including during a period when costs soared to record highs.
- Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch were accused by federal and state authorities of a clandestine arrangement to "artificially inflate the daily price quotations for eggs" between June 2022 and March 2025.
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- Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers, resolving allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to inflate prices, including during a period when costs soared to record highs.
- Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch were accused by federal and state authorities of a clandestine arrangement to "artificially inflate the daily price quotations for eggs" between June 2022 and March 2025.
Sources: The Independent