Egg producers will pay $3.3M and donate 53 million eggs to settle price fixing claims

Three major egg producers—Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch—will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to settle allegations of colluding to manipulate egg prices by coordinating bids with Urner Barry Publications. The settlement, reached with the U.S. Justice Department and 17 states, resolves claims that the companies artificially inflated prices between 2022 and 2025 without admitting wrongdoing.