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Company: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
Current Parent Company: JBS
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Penalty: $107,923,572
Year: 2021
Date: February 23, 2021
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a major broiler chicken producer based in Greeley, Colorado, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay approximately $107 million in criminal fines for its participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for broiler chicken products.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: Brazil
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: meatpacking
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