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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: food products
Penalty Total since 2000$4,280,486,544
Number of Records: 4,444
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
JBS$532,323,247312
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)$400,956,598163
Herbalife$345,018,0006
WH Group$339,751,134191
Dongwon Group$322,895,02815
Tyson Foods$299,853,540346
Mountaire Corporation$215,702,93734
ConAgra Brands$201,176,509169
Flowers Foods$171,327,21277
Kraft Heinz$123,924,419109

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
HerbalifeHerbalifeconsumer protection violation2016FTC$200,000,000
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. et al.Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$158,600,000
Mountaire CorporationMountaire Corporationenvironmental violation2021DE-ENV$140,000,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$140,000,000
Dongwon GroupDongwon Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$136,000,000
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021DOJ_ANTITRUST$107,923,572
Flowers FoodsFlowers Foodswage and hour violation2024private lawsuit-federal$105,000,000
ConAgra Grocery Products CompanyConAgra Brandsconsumer protection violation2019CA-MULTI$101,666,667
StarKist Co.Dongwon Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019DOJ_ANTITRUST$100,000,000
Pilgrim's PrideJBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2025private lawsuit-federal$100,000,000
Tyson Foods Inc.Tyson Foodsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$99,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$77,364,300
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$75,500,000
Michael Foods Inc.Post Holdingsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$75,000,000
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.HerbalifeForeign Corrupt Practices Act2020SEC$67,000,000
Smithfield FoodsWH Groupenvironmental violation2000NC-AG$65,000,000
Mountaire CorporationMountaire Corporationenvironmental violation2021private lawsuit-state$65,000,000
Kraft Heinz CompanyKraft Heinzaccounting fraud or deficiencies2021SEC$62,000,000
Dongwon GroupDongwon Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$58,750,000
Ajinomoto Co. Inc.Ajinomotoprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2002private lawsuit-federal$58,000,000
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.HerbalifeForeign Corrupt Practices Act2020DOJ_CRIMINAL$55,000,000
JBS USA Food CompanyJBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$52,500,000
Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain CompanyWH Groupwater pollution violation2001EPA$50,350,000
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
Koch FoodsKoch Foodsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$47,500,000
ConAgra Foods, Inc.ConAgra Brandsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007SEC$45,000,000
Smithfield Foods Inc.WH Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$42,000,000
Sanderson Farms Inc.Wayne-Sanderson Farmsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$38,300,000
Dannon CompanyDanoneconsumer protection violation2010private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
Trident Seafoods Corp.Trident Seafoodswater pollution violation2011EPA$32,500,000
Tyson FoodsTyson Foodswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$32,000,000
Wayne Farms LLCWayne-Sanderson Farmsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022DOJ_ANTITRUST$31,500,000
Dean Foods CompanyDairy Farmers of America (DFA)price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Welch Foods Inc.Welch Foodsconsumer protection violation2011private lawsuit-federal$30,000,000
Pilgrim's Pride CorporationJBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Cal-Maine Foodsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014private lawsuit-federal$28,000,000
House of Raeford FarmsHouse of Raeford Farms Inc.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$27,500,000
JBS S.A.JBSForeign Corrupt Practices Act2020SEC$27,000,000
Chiquita Brands International Inc.Chiquita Brands Internationalpayment to designated terrorist organization2007DOJ_NATSEC$25,000,000
Bumble Bee Foods LLCFCF Co.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017DOJ_ANTITRUST$25,000,000
Land O'Lakes, Inc.Land O'Lakesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2012private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Sturm Foods Inc.TreeHouse Foodsconsumer protection violation2020private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
JBS USA Food Co.JBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
JBS USA Food Company et al.JBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$24,500,000
Flowers Foods Inc.Flowers Foodswage and hour violation2022private lawsuit-federal$23,100,000
Dannon Company, Inc.Danoneconsumer protection violation2010MULTI-AG$21,000,000
Tyson Foods Inc.Tyson Foodsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$21,000,000
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.Herbalifeaccounting fraud or deficiencies2019SEC$20,000,000
JBS USA Food Company et al.JBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$20,000,000
StarKist Co.Dongwon Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$20,000,000
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC dba Chicken of the Sea InternationalThai Union Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$20,000,000
Kerry Inc.Kerry Groupfood safety violation2023DOJ_CIVIL$19,228,000
Conagra FoodsConAgra Brandswage and hour violation2022private lawsuit-federal$18,000,000
Sanderson Farms Inc.Wayne-Sanderson Farmsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$17,750,000
Blue Bell Creameries L.P.Blue Bell Creameriesfood safety violation2020DOJ_CIVIL$17,250,000
Kellogg CompanyKellanovawage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$16,750,000
Bob Evans FarmsPost Holdingswage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$16,500,000
Mondelez GlobalMondelez Internationalinvestor protection violation2022CFTC$16,000,000
Kraft Heinz Food CompanyKraft Heinzconsumer protection violation2021private lawsuit-federal$16,000,000
United States Sugar CorporationU.S. Sugarbenefit plan administrator violation2010private lawsuit-federal$15,900,000
Post Foods LLCPost Holdingsconsumer protection violation2021private lawsuit-federal$15,000,000
Perdue Foods LLCPerdueprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2022private lawsuit-federal$14,750,000
Sara Lee Fresh Inc.Bimbo Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-state$14,500,000
IBP Inc.Tyson Foodsenvironmental violation2001EPA$14,100,000
Flowers Foods, Inc.Flowers Foodswage and hour violation2020private lawsuit-federal$13,250,000
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC dba Chicken of the Sea InternationalThai Union Groupprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$13,001,961
Mondelez International, Inc.Mondelez Internationalaccounting fraud or deficiencies2017SEC$13,000,000
Kellogg Sales CompanyWK Kelloggconsumer protection violation2021private lawsuit-federal$13,000,000
Chiquita Brands International Inc.Chiquita Brands Internationalpayment to designated terrorist organization2024private lawsuit-federal$12,800,000
PepsiCoPepsiCowage and hour violation2023private lawsuit-federal$12,750,000
JBS USA Food Co.JBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2021private lawsuit-federal$12,750,000
Conopco Inc.Unileverprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2005private lawsuit-federal$12,437,500
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)investor protection violation2008CFTC$12,000,000
Perdue AgriBusiness LLCPerdueair pollution violation2024MD-AG$12,000,000
Frito-LayPepsiCowage and hour violation2001private lawsuit-federal$11,900,000
Perdue Agribusiness LLCPerdueair pollution violation2024MD-ENV$11,900,000
ConAgra Grocery Products LLCConAgra Brandsfood safety violation2015FDA$11,200,000
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.JBSprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023WA-AG$11,000,000
Tyson FoodsTyson Foodsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023WA-AG$10,500,000
Sara Lee CorporationBimbo Groupair pollution violation2003EPA$10,250,000
Unilever United States Inc.Unileverproduct safety violation2014private lawsuit-federal$10,250,000
IBPTyson Foodswage and hour violation2006private lawsuit-federal$10,200,000
Perdue Farms, Inc.Perduewage and hour violation2002WHD$10,000,000
Pilgrim's PrideJBSwage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Perdue FarmsPerduewage and hour violation2002private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Seaboard Foods LLCSeaboard Corp.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2024private lawsuit-federal$9,750,000
IBP and Tyson Fresh MeatsTyson Foodswage and hour violation2006private lawsuit-federal$9,678,727
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.Kraft Heinzbenefit plan administrator violation2012private lawsuit-federal$9,500,000
Hain Celestial Group Inc.Hain Celestial Groupconsumer protection violation2016private lawsuit-federal$9,350,000
IOWA BEEF PACKERSTyson Foodsenvironmental violation2009EPA$9,350,000
Flowers FoodsFlowers Foodswage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-federal$9,000,000
Flowers Foods, Inc.Flowers Foodswage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$9,000,000
Conagra BrandsConAgra Brandsenvironmental violation2023MN-ENV$8,250,000
Kraft Foods Global Inc.Kraft Heinzenvironmental violation2011private lawsuit-federal$8,100,000
Mountaire FarmsMountaire Corporationwage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$8,050,000
Kraft FoodsKraft Heinzprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019CFTC$8,000,000
Mondelez GlobalMondelez Internationalprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019CFTC$8,000,000
Mondelez International, Inc.Mondelez Internationalconsumer protection violation2022private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
Tyson FoodsTyson Foodswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$7,750,000
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.WH Groupwage and hour violation2021private lawsuit-federal$7,750,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.