2026年6月25日 5:53 UTC / 路透社
2026年6月17日摄于美国纽约市奥乐齐超市的陈列鸡蛋。REUTERS/文森特·阿尔本
6月25日路透电 — 彭博新闻周四援引知情人士消息报道，Cal-Maine Foods及其他鸡蛋供应商接近解决美国司法部和两州团体对其涉嫌非法价格协调的调查。
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- 彭博报道称，美国司法部及相关州政府也正与希克曼鸡蛋牧场和韦尔索瓦公司接近达成和解协议。
- 根据报道，根据拟议协议，这些企业将支付数百万美元民事罚款，并捐赠超过5000万枚鸡蛋，同时承诺停止交换价格及其他竞争敏感信息。
- 美国司法部、Cal-Maine Foods、希克曼鸡蛋牧场和韦尔索瓦均未立即回应置评请求。
- 据《华尔街日报》报道，今年4月提起的诉讼指控鸡蛋生产商通过行业价格基准服务机构进行价格协调。
- 近年来，美国鸡蛋生产商面临越来越多的集体诉讼，指控其操纵价格，原因是消费者对包括鸡蛋在内的食品成本上涨感到不满。
- 受禽流感疫情导致数百万只产蛋鸡被扑杀、引发供应短缺影响，美国鸡蛋价格近年大幅上涨。
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Cal-Maine, others close to settling DOJ egg pricing probe, Bloomberg News reports
2026-06-25 5:53 AM UTC / Reuters
Eggs on display in an Aldi grocery store in New York City, U.S. June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
June 25 (Reuters) – Cal-Maine Foods and other egg suppliers are close to resolving an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department and a bipartisan group of states into alleged illegal price coordination, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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- The Justice Department and participating states are also nearing settlements with Hickman’s Egg Ranch and Versova, Bloomberg reported.
- Under the proposed agreement, the companies would pay several million dollars in civil penalties and donate more than 50 million eggs, while agreeing to stop exchanging prices and other competitively sensitive information, according to the report.
- The Department of Justice, Cal-Maine Foods, Hickman’s Eggs Ranch and Versova did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- The lawsuit filed in April alleged egg producers coordinated using an industry price-benchmarking service, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- U.S. egg producers have been facing a growing wave of class-action lawsuits accusing them of price-fixing amid consumer frustration over rising food costs, including eggs.
- Egg prices in the U.S. have surged in recent years after bird flu outbreaks wiped out millions of laying hens, triggering supply shortages.
Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Eileen Soreng
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