Tyson Must Comply With New York’s Pricing Investigation Requests

Tyson Foods Inc. must hand over documents to the New York Attorney General’s office as part of an investigation into whether the company engaged in illegal price gouging of meat products during the Covid-19 pandemic, an intermediate appellate court decided Thursday.

The opinion upholds a lower court decision requiring Tyson to respond to the state’s subpoena. The New York Supreme Court 1st Appellate Department said Tyson failed to show that the documents the state wants are irrelevant to the case.

The attorney general has broad power to investigate price gouging, the panel of judges said, and the documents could ...