Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says price-fixing by chicken producers led Washington residents to overpay millions of dollars.
, $35 million was recovered when 14 of the 19 companies named in the lawsuit paid to resolve the claims against them.
It is estimated that 90% of people — about 7 million — living in Washington buy products derived from the chickens the companies produce, from chicken breasts bought from a grocery store to nuggets bought at a fast-food restaurant. The lawsuit says the 19 chicken producers drove up chicken prices since at least 2008 and that there is a “widespread illegal conspiracy to inflate and manipulate prices, rig contract bids, illegally exchange information and coordinate industry supply reductions to maximize profits.”
Three of the country’s four largest chicken producers — Perdue Farms, Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride — paid settlements.Tyson Foods for $10.5 millionMountaire Farms, Inc. for $775,000Fieldale Farms Corp. For $475,000Harrison Poultry, Inc. for $290,000
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