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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
safety-related offenses	$12,458,161,554	27
environment-related offenses	$2,387,090,251	66
competition-related offenses	$526,990,574	12
government-contracting-related offenses	$405,800,000	8
consumer-protection-related offenses	$84,006,097	9

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
product safety violation	$10,350,000,000	2
PCB violation	$2,175,833,333	11
drug or medical equipment safety violation	$2,107,700,000	8
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	$524,990,574	8
False Claims Act and related	$405,800,000	8

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.

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Bayer	product safety violation	2020	private lawsuit-federal	$9,600,000,000
Bayer AG	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2020	private lawsuit-state	$1,600,000,000
Bayer AG	product safety violation	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$750,000,000
Monsanto Company	PCB violation	2022	OR-AG	$698,000,000
Monsanto Company	PCB violation	2022	private lawsuit-federal	$537,500,000
Monsanto Co.	PCB violation	2003	private lawsuit-federal	$390,000,000
Bayer AG	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$387,500,000
Bayer Corporation	False Claims Act and related	2003	DOJ_CIVIL	$251,000,000
Bayer AG	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$250,375,190
Monsanto Company	PCB violation	2024	WA-SCA	$160,000,000
Monsanto Co.	environmental violation	2013	private lawsuit-state	$122,500,000
Bayer AG	False Claims Act and related	2003	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $108,000,000
Bayer HealthCare LLC	False Claims Act and related	2008	DOJ_CIVIL	$97,500,000
Monsanto Co. et al.	PCB violation	2020	WA-AG	$95,000,000
Monsanto Company	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2016	SEC	$80,000,000
Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLC	PCB violation	2022	OH-AG	$80,000,000
Monsanto Co.	PCB violation	2023	VA-AG	$80,000,000
Bayer Corporation	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2013	private lawsuit-state	$74,000,000
Bayer AG	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2004	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$66,000,000
Bayer	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$56,900,000
Bayer AG	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$55,300,000
Monsanto Co.	PCB violation	2020	DC-AG	$52,000,000
Monsanto Co.	pesticide violation	2023	private lawsuit-federal	$45,000,000
Bayer Corporation	False Claims Act and related	2022	DOJ_CIVIL	$40,000,000
Monsanto Company	consumer protection violation	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$39,550,000
Monsanto	PCB violation	2023	PA-ENV	$33,333,333
Bayer Corporation	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2004	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$33,000,000
Bayer AG	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2006	private lawsuit-federal	$32,000,000
Monsanto Company	PCB violation	2022	NH-AG	$25,000,000
Monsanto Co. and Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia, LLC	PCB violation	2022	NH-AG	$25,000,000
Monsanto Company	consumer protection violation	2018	private lawsuit-federal	$21,500,000
Bayer Corporation	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2009	MULTI-AG	$20,000,000
Bayer Corporation	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2019	KY-AG	$17,000,000
Bayer Corp.	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2013	private lawsuit-federal	$15,000,000
Bayer Corporation	False Claims Act and related	2001	DOJ_CIVIL	$14,000,000
Monsanto Company	environmental violation	2021	USAO	$12,000,000
Aventis CropScience	consumer protection violation	2001	IA-AG	$10,596,097
Monsanto Company	pesticide violation	2019	USAO	$10,000,000
Bayer Corporation	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2011	private lawsuit-federal	$9,615,384
BAYER CROPSCIENCE	environmental violation	2018	EPA	$8,223,458
Bayer Corporation	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2007	MULTI-AG	$8,000,000
Bayer CropScience LP and Monsanto Company	consumer protection violation	2023	NY-AG	$6,900,000
Bayer Corporation	False Claims Act and related	2001	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $6,200,000
Bayer CropScience LP	environmental violation	2016	EPA	$5,654,000
Bayer AG	price-fixing or anti-competitive practices	2004	DOJ_ANTITRUST	$4,700,000
Bayer Healthcare	drug or medical equipment safety violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$3,300,000
Bayer Corporation	consumer protection violation	2007	FTC	$3,200,000
Monsanto	pesticide violation	2010	EPA	$2,500,000
Monsanto Company	environmental violation	2010	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,500,000
P4 Production LLC	environmental violation	2011	EPA	$2,275,000
Bayer Pharmaceuticals	False Claims Act and related	2008	AL-AG	$2,000,000
P4 Production LLC	environmental violation	2011	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,400,000
Bayer	False Claims Act and related	2013	LA-AG	$1,300,000
Bayer Healthcare LLC	consumer protection violation	2021	private lawsuit-federal	$1,125,000
Bayer Corporation	consumer protection violation	2000	FTC	$1,000,000
Monsanto Company	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2005	DOJ_CRIMINAL	$1,000,000
BAYER CROPSCIENCE	environmental violation	2009	EPA	$836,559
P4 Production, LLC	environmental violation	2015	EPA	$600,000
Monsanto Company	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2005	SEC	$500,000
Delta & Pine Land Company and Turk Deltapine, Inc.	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2007	SEC	$300,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2008	CA-DPR	$260,081
Bayer Corporation	export control violation	2000	BIS	$200,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2007	CA-DPR	$185,783
BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP	workplace safety or health violation	2008	OSHA	$143,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2010	EPA	$137,790
BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP	environmental violation	2010	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $137,790
Bayer Environmental Science	pesticide violation	2016	CA-DPR	$116,956
BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LP	workplace safety or health violation	2005	OSHA	$110,000
BAYER CROPSCIENCE	environmental violation	2008	EPA	$91,439
Bayer Crop Science (Muskegon, MI)	environmental violation	2014	EPA	$86,926
Bayer CropScience	pesticide violation	2015	EPA	$85,500
BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP	environmental violation	2014	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $85,500
Bayer Corp.	environmental violation	2000	CT-ENV	$78,500
Bayer CropScience LP	consumer protection violation	2016	MA-AG	$75,000
Bayer Corporation	consumer protection violation	2000	MULTI-AG	$60,000
BAYER CORPORATION	workplace safety or health violation	2000	OSHA	$54,000
Bayer CropScience, LP	environmental violation	2013	EPA	$53,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2011	CA-DPR	$50,000
BAYER CORP	environmental violation	2002	EPA	$45,000
THE MONSANTO CORPORATION	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$44,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2015	CA-DPR	$42,000
BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2023	OSHA	$40,125
Monsanto Company	environmental violation	2002	EPA	$35,200
BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP	environmental violation	2020	EPA	$31,991
Bayer Crop Sciences LP	pesticide violation	2005	CA-DPR	$31,487
Bayer Corporation	labor relations violation	2002	NLRB	$30,000
Bayer Corporation	labor relations violation	2001	NLRB	$29,019
BAYER CORPORATION	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$28,303
MONSANTO GLOBAL SEED CO	air pollution violation	2000	IN-ENV	$26,950
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2016	CA-DPR	$23,940
MONSANTO COMPANY	environmental violation	2000	EPA	$21,272
MONSANTO	workplace safety or health violation	2015	OSHA	$21,000
Delta and Pine Land Company	environmental violation	2003	EPA	$16,575
Medrad, Inc	environmental violation	2002	EPA	$15,400
BAYER CORPORATION	environmental violation	2001	MA-ENV	$15,350
Bayer CropScience LP	environmental violation	2017	EPA	$15,000
BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP	workplace safety or health violation	2018	OSHA	$14,000
Bayer CropScience LP	pesticide violation	2012	EPA	$13,900
BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP	environmental violation	2012	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $13,900
BAYER CROP SCIENCE US DBA MONSANTO COMPANY	workplace safety or health violation	2020	OSHA	$13,494
BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC	workplace safety or health violation	2021	OSHA	$12,000