Exhibit 627 ยท Press release
Justice Department Sues Agri Stats for Operating Extensive Information Exchanges Among Meat Processors
The Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. today for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors.
Complaint in United States v. Agri Stats Inc., No. 0:23-cv-03009 (D. Minn.), filed under Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, alleging Sherman Act section 1 violations through information exchanges in broiler chicken, pork and turkey. Six states later joined.
- Source
- DOJ Antitrust Division
- Date
- 28 September 2023
- Quoted from
- DOJ Office of Public Affairs press release, 28 Sept. 2023, first paragraph (Wayback snapshot 2025-02-05)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-agri-stats-operating-extensive-information-exchanges-among-meat
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit