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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page
Industry: food products
Penalty Total since 2000: $3,825,827,653
Number of Records: 4,272
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| JBS | $432,213,177 | 303 |
| WH Group | $414,693,684 | 189 |
| Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | $400,667,193 | 153 |
| Herbalife | $345,018,000 | 6 |
| Tyson Foods | $299,721,466 | 337 |
| Mountaire Corporation | $215,686,806 | 33 |
| ConAgra Brands | $201,004,105 | 165 |
| Dongwon Group | $128,145,028 | 13 |
| Kraft Heinz | $123,932,306 | 106 |
| Post Holdings | $112,391,753 | 54 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency  | Penalty Amount |
| Kellogg Company | Kellanova | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,750,000 |
| Hillshire Brands | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $425,000 |
| Alle Processing | Alle Processing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,200,000 |
| Delano Farms | Delano Farms Company | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Utz Quality Foods | Utz Quality Foods | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Nestle USA | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $99,050 |
| Flowers Foods | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,750,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,785,757 |
| Herr Foods | Herr Foods | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Gerber Products | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $3,001,669 |
| Hormel Foods | Hormel Foods | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $195,087 |
| Bob Evans Farms | Post Holdings | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $16,500,000 |
| Pepsi Beverages Company | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| National Beef Packing | Marfrig | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $350,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-state | $1,500,000 |
| Bimbo Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,472,500 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,420,271 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,750,000 |
| Sara Lee Corporation | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $725,000 |
| Frito-Lay | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000 |
| Russell Stover | Lindt & Sprungli | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,075,000 |
| Smithfield Packing | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| Bimbo Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $905,000 |
| Farmland Foods | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,774,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $900,000 |
| Mountaire Farms | Mountaire Corporation | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,050,000 |
| Ralcorp Holdings | ConAgra Brands | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $3,300,000 |
| Bimbo Food Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,525,000 |
| Kellogg Company | WK Kellogg | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $550,000 |
| Sara Lee Corporation | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,400,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $750,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,750,000 |
| Sara Lee Corporation | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,250,000 |
| Butterball LLC | Butterball LLC | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,250,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $950,000 |
| Frito-Lay | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,000,000 |
| NBTY Inc. | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-state | $420,000 |
| Kraft Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,060,352 |
| John B. Sanfilippo & Son | John B. Sanfilippo & Son | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,600,000 |
| Conopco | Unilever | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $360,612 |
| Bimbo Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $250,000 |
| Kellogg Company | Kellanova | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $221,620 |
| Butterball LLC | Butterball LLC | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,576,000 |
| Mountaire Farms | Mountaire Corporation | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $976,071 |
| Smithfield Packing | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $950,000 |
| Bottling Group LLC (fka Pepsi Bottling Group) | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $625,066 |
| Frito-Lay | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,575,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $32,000,000 |
| Santee Dairies | Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $2,225,000 |
| Oscar Mayer Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,184,347 |
| Bimbo Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000 |
| Pilgrim's Pride | JBS | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| Wayne Farms LLC | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | wage and hour violation | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,375,000 |
| Sanderson Farms | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,120,000 |
| IBP and Tyson Fresh Meats | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,678,727 |
| IBP | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,200,000 |
| Perdue Farms | Perdue | wage and hour violation | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,000,000 |
| Perdue Farms | Perdue | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000 |
| Frito-Lay | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $11,900,000 |
| Frito-Lay Inc. | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,500,000 |
| Gold'n Plump Poultry | JBS | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,875,000 |
| Ruiz Food Products | Ruiz Foods | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| ConAgra Poultry | JBS | employment discrimination | 2003 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,933,823 |
| Gold'n Plump Poultry, Inc. | JBS | employment discrimination | 2009 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,200,000 |
| Kraft Foods North America | Kraft Heinz | employment discrimination | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,325,000 |
| Ferrara Pan Candy | Ferrero Group | employment discrimination | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,540,000 |
| Mondelez Global LLC | Mondelez International | employment discrimination | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $200,000 |
| DeCoster Egg Farm | Quality Egg | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | employment discrimination | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $915,765 |
| John Morrell & Co | WH Group | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,386,632 |
| Pepsi-Cola Sales And Distribution, Inc. | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | Post Holdings | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,790,000 |
| United States Sugar Corporation | U.S. Sugar | benefit plan administrator violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $15,900,000 |
| Kraft Foods Global, Inc. | Kraft Heinz | benefit plan administrator violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,500,000 |
| Conagra Foods Inc. | ConAgra Brands | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Ruiz Food Products | Ruiz Foods | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
| Fresh Express Incorporated | Chiquita Brands International | employment screening violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $75,000 |
| Butterball LLC | Butterball LLC | employment screening violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $63,000 |
| Frito-Lay Inc. | PepsiCo | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000 |
| Pepsi Beverages Company | PepsiCo | employment screening violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,192,275 |
| Mondelez Global LLC | Mondelez International | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $9,000,000 |
| Kraft Heinz Foods Company | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| Nestle USA, Inc. | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $254,750 |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,600,000 |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,250,000 |
| Nestle Purina Petcare Company, Inc. | Nestle | environmental violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $800,000 |
| Mountaire Corporation | Mountaire Corporation | environmental violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-state | $65,000,000 |
| Kraft Foods Global Inc. | Kraft Heinz | environmental violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $8,100,000 |
| Snyder's-Lance, Inc. | Campbell Soup | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Unilever United States Inc. | Unilever | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $10,250,000 |
| Conagra Foods | ConAgra Brands | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $18,000,000 |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,750,000 |
| Flowers Foods Inc. | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $23,100,000 |
| Welch Foods Inc. | Welch Foods | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,500,000 |
| Tasty Baking Company | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,150,000 |
| Archway Cookies LLC | Campbell Soup | WARN Act violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Land O'Lakes, Inc. | Land O'Lakes | benefit plan administrator violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,800,000 |
| Perdue Farms | Perdue | wage and hour violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,775,000 |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | JBS | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $29,000,000 |
