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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: Wayne-Sanderson Farms
Ownership Structure: joint venture (owned by Cargill and Continental Grain)
Headquartered in: Georgia
Major Industry: food products
Specific Industry: poultry processing
Penalty total since 2000: $93,510,287
Number of records: 57
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
competition-related offenses$87,550,0003
employment-related offenses$5,280,8818
safety-related offenses$590,64137
environment-related offenses$88,7659
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices$87,550,0003
wage and hour violation$4,945,0003
workplace safety or health violation$590,64137
employment discrimination$237,3842
labor relations violation$98,4973
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below 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. The totals 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 list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS LLC (FEED MILL)workplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$5,500
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$20,500
SANDERSON FARMS INC, PROCESSING DIVISIONworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$12,000
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$6,300
WAYNE FARMSworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$13,100
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,500
SANDERSON FARMS INC, PROCESSING DIVISIONworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR EASTworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$14,880
WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR WESTworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$15,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR WESTworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$11,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$9,000
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,425
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$10,500
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$55,900
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLC (FEED MILL)workplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$7,000
WAYNE FARMS, LLC - DECATUR EASTworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$7,000
SANDERSON FARMS INC, PROCESSING DIVISIONworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$5,345
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.workplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$9,054
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$9,142
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$17,746
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$5,000
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (PROCESSING DIVISION)workplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$7,104
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$119,341
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (PROCESSING DIVISION)workplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$87,000
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$20,187
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$8,771
WAYNE FARMS, LLCworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$8,192
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$7,550
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$9,600
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$14,502
WAYNE FARMS LLCworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$14,502
Sanderson Farms Inc.wage and hour violation2002WHD$450,000
Wayne Farms LLCwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,375,000
Sanderson Farmswage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-federal$3,120,000
Sanderson Farms Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$38,300,000
Wayne Farms LLCprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$31,500,000
Sanderson Farms Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$17,750,000
Wayne Farms, LLClabor relations violation2016NLRB$8,666
SANDERSON FARMS, INC.labor relations violation2005NLRB$83,727
Sanderson Farms, Inc.labor relations violation2005NLRB$6,104
Wayne Farmsenvironmental violation2011AL-ENV$10,000
Wayne Farms. LLCenvironmental violation2001AL-ENV$9,200
Wayne Farms LLCenvironmental violation2002AR-ENV$7,500
Wayne Farms LLCenvironmental violation2004GA-ENV$5,000
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division)environmental violation2020TX-ENV$5,100
Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)environmental violation2006TX-ENV$5,040
Sanderson Farms, Incorporatedenvironmental violation2003TX-ENV$20,400
WAYNE FARMS LLCenvironmental violation2004EPA$21,125
WAYNE FARMS LLCenvironmental violation2014EPA$5,400
Wayne Farms, LLCemployment discrimination2020EEOC$175,000
Sanderson Farms, LLCemployment discrimination2023EEOC$62,384
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.