AUSTIN, June 30 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured settlements with three national egg producers, forcing the companies to donate over 7 million eggs to food banks across Texas. This settlement resolves antitrust claims brought by 17 state attorneys general that stemmed from an alleged conspiracy to inflate egg prices between 2022 and 2025.
Under the agreements, Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova, and Hickman's Egg Ranch will donate more than 53 million eggs to food banks and community organizations in the involved states, including the 7 million eggs for Texas foodbanks, and pay a total of $3.3 million to the states. In the coming months, the Office of the Attorney General ...