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George’s, OK Foods, 24 others accused of no-poach scheme by US poultry growers

By Khushita Vasant ( July 3, 2025, 00:49 GMT | Insight) -- Claxton Poultry, George's Foods and OK Foods are among more than two dozen defendants accused of running a cartel in which they agreed not to hire one another's poultry growers, according to a proposed US class action complaint. The complaint, brought in the US Eastern District of Oklahoma, alleges anticompetitive and unfair competition acts under Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act.Claxton Poultry, George's Foods and OK Foods are among more than two dozen defendants accused of running a cartel in which they agreed not to hire one another's poultry growers, according to a proposed US class action complaint....

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