#meatpacking-industry

#meatpacking-industry

A proposed antitrust settlement requires Agri Stats to share most collected meat-industry data with U.S. buyers to help lower food prices.

Antitrust investigation targets Big Four meatpackers controlling over 85% of U.S. beef processing, with millions of documents reviewed and calls to hundreds of industry participants.

Approximately 3,800 workers at Swift Beef Co. in Colorado initiated the first major U.S. beef slaughterhouse strike in four decades, citing unfair labor practices, inadequate wages, and unsafe working conditions.