The US Justice Department dropped price-fixing charges against two former Pilgrim’s Pride executives in a case targeting alleged antitrust violations in the chicken industry.
Justice, in a filing Friday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado, said the move was “an effort to conserve the resources of the Court, the parties, and the public.”
Price-fixing charges are pending against two more former Pilgrim’s executives. One of them, former Pilgrim’s director and manager Timothy Stiller, was charged with three additional counts of witness tampering and obstruction in July.
“We’re gratified that the government has abandoned its case against ...
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