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.

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