JBS to Pay $20 Million in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement

JBS to Pay $20 Million in Pork Price-Fixing Settlement
The JBS USA Pork Plant in Worthington, Minn., on April 18, 2020. Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP
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OMAHA, Neb.—JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork.

The latest meat-industry settlement will likely reinforce concerns that the White House, members of Congress, and trade groups have raised about how the lack of competition in the industry affects prices.