SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 30 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
Nationwide settlement with egg producers resolves allegations of an illegal conspiracy that raised the cost of eggs
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 17 attorneys general and alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ), announced a settlement with egg producers Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman's, resolving allegations that they conspired to raise the cost of eggs nationwide. As part of the settlement, the egg producers will pay $3.3 million to the states, agree to refrain from all conduct illegally conspiring to raise egg prices, and will donate over 53 million eggs to...