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Company: Tyson Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
Penalty: $5,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: May 11, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Tyson agreed to a $5 million settlement of litigation alleging it falsely told consumers that its chickens were raised without antibiotics.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Maryland
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:08-md-01982
Case Name: In re: Tyson Foods, Inc., Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics Consumer Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing and meatpacking
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