PRICE FIX fight

摘要

Incidents of price fixing in the food industry aren't new; but 2020 saw federal regulators move aggressively to build cases and prosecute perpetrators.In June, a federal grand jury in the US District Court in Colorado indicted Jayson Penn, former chief executive officer of Pilgrim's Pride Corp.; Roger Austin, vice president of fresh foodservice at Pilgrim's; Mikell Fries, president of Claxton Poultry; and Scott Brady, vice president of national accounts at Claxton Poultry.In a complaint filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) the four executives allegedly had a continuing agreement to '...rig bids and to fix, maintain, stabilize, and raise prices and other price-related terms for broiler chicken products sold in the United States,' from as early as 2012 until at least early 2017.