Tyson Foods支付8500万美元 解决猪肉定价诉讼 Tyson Foods to pay $85 million to settle pork price-fixing lawsuit.

Tyson Foods同意支付8500万美元, 解决集体诉讼案, 指控它与其他猪肉生产商及数据公司Agri Stats串通, Tyson Foods has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it conspired with other pork producers and data firm Agri Stats to artificially inflate prices by restricting supply from 2009 to 2018. 这一解决办法有待法院批准,是涉及主要肉类包装商的一系列反托拉斯案件中最大的解决办法,使消费者回收的总金额达到2.08亿美元。 The settlement, pending court approval, is the largest in a series of antitrust cases involving major meatpackers and brings total consumer recoveries to $208 million. 这个案件是由超市、餐馆和食品生产商提起的, 他们声称这个计划提高了美国猪肉市场的价格。 The case was brought by supermarkets, restaurants, and food producers who claim the scheme raised prices in the U.S. pork market. Tyson是最后一个公开交易的结算公司;Triumph Foods和Agri Stats仍在诉讼之中。 Tyson is the last publicly traded company to settle; Triumph Foods and Agri Stats remain in ongoing litigation. 对于牛肉、鸡肉和火鸡市场,类似的反托拉斯索赔也有待审理。 Similar antitrust claims are pending over beef, chicken, and turkey markets.