DOJ Says Upcoming Settlement in Meatpacking Probe Will Help Ease Food Prices

The Justice Department also announced it was looking into antitrust allegations against the nation’s four largest meatpacking companies.

Employee cuts fresh beef meat into large pieces at a meat processing plant in Corydon, Ind., on Jan. 31, 2022. Amira Karaoud/Reuters

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on May 4 that it would soon unveil a “historic settlement that will directly affect the prices of proteins like chicken, pork, and turkey.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the settlement was coming as part of a broader plan by the Trump administration to halt anticompetitive behavior in food pricing.