Penalty Amount
$3,300,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan multistate coalition, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice, settled with three major egg producers for illegally coordinating to manipulate the Urner Barry daily price index, artificially inflating egg prices for retailers and consumers. The companies will deliver 53 million eggs to food banks nationwide, including 4,968,000 eggs to New York, and pay a combined $3.3 million, along with adopting compliance measures to prevent future violations.
The three egg producers will deliver a total of 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofit organizations across participating states, pay a combined $3.3 million, and adopt compliance measures to prevent future illegal coordination. New York will receive 4,968,000 eggs, distributed through Feeding New York, with the first truckload of 280,800 eggs delivered to City Harvest.
In-house legal teams should review supply agreements and vendor contracts for pricing clauses that reference benchmark indices like Urner Barry. They should ensure that any coordination with competitors on pricing or bidding is prohibited, and that compliance programs include antitrust training. Additionally, they should review any clauses that allow for price adjustments based on external benchmarks to ensure they are not susceptible to manipulation.
Entity
Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman's Egg Ranch
Industry
OtherOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-secures-more-280000-eggs-new-york-city-families
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"Cal-Maine Foods (Cal-Maine), Versova/Centrum (Versova), and Hickman’s Egg Ranch (Hickman’s)"
"pay $3.3 million"
"illegally coordinated to influence a daily price index for eggs"
"manipulating the Urner Barry benchmark"
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