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The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached a $3.3 million settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch over allegations of colluding to inflate egg prices by manipulating price quotations. The companies will also donate 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits as part of the resolution, which requires court approval.

Egg producers Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to resolve allegations of price-fixing. The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states accused the companies of colluding to raise egg prices, including during record-high cost periods.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson settled an antitrust lawsuit with three egg producers—Cal-Maine, Versova, and Hickman’s Family Farms—for colluding to fix prices. The settlement includes 50 million donated eggs to food banks nationwide, with 3 million going to North Carolina, and $1.5 million in legal fees. The producers also agreed to antitrust oversight and cease illegal cooperation.

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlements with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman's Egg Ranch for allegedly colluding to manipulate egg prices between June 2022 and March 2025. The companies will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks, with the settlements requiring antitrust compliance measures and court approval.

Three major egg producers, Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch, agreed to pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to resolve allegations of colluding to manipulate egg prices between June 2022 and March 2025. The companies coordinated bids to influence the Urner Barry Publications egg price index, leading to higher consumer prices, but none admitted wrongdoing under the settlement.

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.

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlements with Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch over allegations of price-fixing by coordinating bids to manipulate egg price quotations between 2022 and 2025. The companies will pay $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs to food banks, with no admission of wrongdoing, as part of the agreement requiring antitrust compliance measures.

U.S. antitrust authorities allege several major egg producers coordinated pricing during the 2022-2025 bird flu outbreak, influencing benchmark prices and contributing to high consumer egg prices. Companies like Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch are part of a proposed settlement involving financial payments, egg donations to food banks, and revised trading practices.

The DOJ and 17 states settled an egg price-fixing investigation. Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman's Egg Ranch agreed to pay $3.3 million combined and donate 53 million eggs to food banks.