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Company: United Egg Producers
Penalty: $100,000
Year: 2006
Date: September 21, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: United Egg Producers agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve multistate litigation alleging that it misled consumers about standards of care for egg-laying hens.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Source of Data: Attorney General Sorrell Settles Consumer Protection Claims with Egg Producers' Group, US States News, September 21, 2006 (via Nexis).
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