Skip to content
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Sponsored by Marler Clark, Inc., PS
Food Safety News logo

Food Safety News

Breaking news for everyone's consumption

Menu

HomeOutbreaksRecallsDirectoryEventsAbout UsMedia KitContact Us
Search
Close

Food Safety News

price-fixing

Subscribe to price-fixing

Another indictment in nationwide conspiracy to fix chicken prices, rig bids

By News Desk on May 21, 2021

A federal grand jury in Denver has returned an indictment charging Norman W. Fries Inc., dba Claxton Poultry Farms (Claxton), headquartered in Claxton, GA, with participating in a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices and rig…

Continue Reading Another indictment in nationwide conspiracy to fix chicken prices, rig bids

DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial

By Dan Flynn on July 24, 2020

As expected, the Department of Justice attorneys don’t want Claxton Poultry President Mikell Fries to safari in Tanzania before he goes to trial on price-fixing.

Fries, one of four poultry executives charged with price-fixing and…
Continue Reading DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial

Government Newswire Feeds

FDA
USDA
CDC
CFIA

Claxton Poultry Farms president hopes to go on safari while waiting for 2021 trial

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2020

A  Denver trial in a poultry price-fixing case now won’t begin until Feb. 16, 2021, and one defendant hopes to use some of that extra time for a hunting safari in Tanzania.

Under the new…
Continue Reading Claxton Poultry Farms president hopes to go on safari while waiting for 2021 trial

DOJ’s Anti Trust cops have food industry price-fixing in their sights

By Dan Flynn on June 24, 2020

The federal government is getting serious about food industry price-fixing.  The recent sentencing of a tuna executive, the proper use of a  leniency loophole, and cooperation in the poultry industry indictment are all part of…
Continue Reading DOJ’s Anti Trust cops have food industry price-fixing in their sights

Jayson Jeffrey Penn

Pilgrim’s CEO among 4 poultry executives indicted by federal grand Jury

By Dan Flynn on June 4, 2020

The chief executive officer of the nation’s second-largest poultry producer is summoned to appear today at 2 p.m in U.S. District Court to face the indictment by a federal Grand Jury in Colorado.

Jayson Jeffrey…
Continue Reading Pilgrim’s CEO among 4 poultry executives indicted by federal grand Jury

FSN Editors Show/Hide

  • Dan Flynn
  • Coral Beach
FSN Writers & Contributors​

Stay Connected

RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn

Subscribe by email

Events Calendar

Food Recalls

  • Georgia dairy recalls milk because of incomplete pasteurization records
  • Kraft recalls cheese singles after consumers report choking on product
  • Positive Listeria test results trigger recall of Enoki Mushrooms in Canada
  • New York raw milk tests positive for campylobacter; public warning issued
More Recalls

Editorials & Guest Opinions

Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety

By Darin Detwiler on September 18, 2023

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

By Guest Contributor on September 11, 2023

Risk communication with consumers: Lessons needed to earn trust, motivate change

By Guest Contributor on September 7, 2023
More Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor

Food Safety Guides

  • Cooking Temperatures
  • Cross-Contamination
  • Foodborne Pathogens
Find Your Health Department
Restaurant Inspections
eFood Alert Blog
Marler Blog
Marler Clark, Inc., PS logo
1012 First Avenue
Fifth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104-1008
RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn
  • Consumer Education
  • Enforcement
  • Events
  • Food Policy & Law
  • Food Recalls
  • Food Safety Guides
  • Foodborne Illness Investigations
  • Nutrition & Public Health
  • Opinion & Contributed Articles
  • Science & Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Victim Stories
  • World
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  • For Foodies
  • Government Agencies
  • Lawsuits & Litigation
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Local Food
  • Media Kit
Copyright © 2023, Marler Clark, Inc., PS. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy PolicyLegal StatementAdvertise
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo