United States v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., et al.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)-(h) , that a proposed Final Judgment, Stipulation, and Competitive Impact Statement have been filed with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in United States of America v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-01821. On July 25, 2022, the United States filed a Complaint against three poultry processors as well as a data consultant and its president to end a long-running conspiracy in the poultry processing industry. The Complaint alleged that poultry processors collectively employing more than 90 percent of all poultry processing plant workers in the United States conspired to collaborate with and assist their competitors in making decisions about worker compensation, including wages and benefits, and to exchange information about current and future compensation plans for their processing plant workers, in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1 . The Complaint also alleged that data consultants facilitated the processors' collaboration and compensation information exchanges in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1 . On May 17, 2023, the United States filed an Amended Complaint, which added settling defendants George's, Inc. and George's Foods, LLC (collectively “George's”), alleging that George's and the conspirators participated in the conspiracy …