Acting AG Todd Blanche Says DOJ Investigating Anti-Competitive Practices in Protein Markets

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Since the president's executive order, the  department has been actively investigating with a review of over three million documents. Hundreds  of industry participants, including ranchers, cattlemen, producers, and processors, have  been contacted, and many interviewed as part of this ongoing investigation. More broadly, the  department has also executed on the president's executive order to stop anti-competitive  behavior in the broader food supply market.

[00:00:30]Later this week, we will be announcing an historic  settlement that will directly affect the prices of proteins like chicken, pork, and turkey. This  business model allows competitors to exchange competitively sensitive information on  every aspect of the protein industry and has raised the prices on chicken, raised the  prices on pork, and raised the prices on turkey.