Settlement Announced
The Department of Justice announced a settlement on June 30, 2026, with the three largest U.S. egg producers — Cal-Maine Foods, Versova Holdings, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch — who agreed to pay a total of $3.3 million to resolve allegations that they conspired to artificially inflate egg prices during a bird flu epidemic. According to officials, the companies were not charged and denied any wrongdoing. As part of the settlement, the producers also agreed to donate 53 million eggs to food banks across the country. [1]
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