Six More Indicted in Broiler Chicken Probe
By Steve Davies
Agri-Pulse
Six more people, including the former CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride, have been indicted in an ongoing criminal investigation of price fixing and bid rigging in the chicken industry.
The Justice Department announced the new indictment Wednesday, which supersedes an indictment returned by a grand jury in June charging four executives of Pilgrim’s Pride and Claxton Poultry Farms with conspiracy to restrain trade.