Meat company execs face questioning over pricing practices

April 28, 2022

Executives from Cargill, JBS, National Beef and Tyson faced questioning from lawmakers on the House Agriculture Committee about perceived anti-competitive practices. The four companies, which control 85 percent of the beef market, have had to pay $400 million in recent years to settle charges related to price fixing.

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