//Pilgrim’s Pride CEO and three other chicken industry execs indicted for alleged price fixing conspiracy

Pilgrim’s Pride CEO and three other chicken industry execs indicted for alleged price fixing conspiracy

Senior executives from two major US chicken producers <a href=”https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/senior-executives-major-chicken-producers-indicted-antitrust-charges” target=”_blank”>have been indicted</a> for allegedly conspiring to fix prices and rig bids on “broiler chickens,” which are sold to grocery stores and restaurants.

The <a href=”https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1282626/download” target=”_blank”>indictment</a>, returned Wednesday by a federal grand jury in the US District Court in