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Pork producers, Agri Stats denied summary judgment in US price-fixing case

( March 31, 2025, 22:33 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Tyson, JBS, other major US pork producers and agriculture industry data broker Agri Stats must face class-action price-fixing claims brought by pork buyers, a Minnesota federal judge ruled today. Genuine issues of material fact exist concerning whether the meatpackers and Agri Stats knowingly joined a price-fixing conspiracy and “there is ample evidence supporting the plausibility of Plaintiffs’ theory of conspiracy,” US District Judge John Tunheim said in an order filed in the District of Minnesota. Tunheim granted Hormel's motion for summary judgment. See attached file....

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