# Office of Public Affairs |  Four Executives and Company Charged with Price Fixing in Ongoing Investigation into Broiler Chicken Industry | United States Department of Justice

> The US Department of Justice announced an indictment of Koch Foods and four former Pilgrim's Pride executives for conspiring to fix prices and rig bids in the broiler chicken industry. The charges are part of an ongoing federal investigation into the sector. The case centers on sales of broiler chicken products to grocers and restaurants.

- Date: 2021-07-29 · published 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46220-office-of-public-affairs-four-executives-and-company-charged-with-price-fixing
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Antitrust action against major broiler producers has limited direct impact on feed demand, though it could add uncertainty to US chicken pricing and sales volumes.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- justice.gov: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/four-executives-and-company-charged-price-fixing-ongoing-investigation-broiler-chicken?stream=top

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