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US: Tyson Foods says inquiry into price-fixing claims is closed

By  |  August 27, 2017

Tyson Foods says a federal investigation into allegations of price-fixing has ended and that it likely won’t face disciplinary action.

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    Arkansas Business reported on Friday that the Springdale, Arkansas-based meat producer had received a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the investigation was over and that enforcement action was not likely.

    Tyson said in a regulatory filing last winter that investigators had subpoenaed some records. At the time, Tyson said it believed the SEC was looking at price-fixing allegations raised in a 2016 lawsuit filed by Maplevale Farms.

    Separately, some shareholders alleged they lost money because of the allegations that Tyson and its competitors suppressed the nation’s poultry supply. A federal judge dismissed the shareholders’ lawsuit last month.

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