| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,750,000 |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,600,000 |
| Omega Protein, Inc. | Cooke Inc. | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | $7,500,000 |
| American Italian Pasta Company | TreeHouse Foods | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2008 | USAO | $7,500,000 |
| Quality Egg LLC | Quality Egg | food safety violation | 2015 | FDA | $6,790,000 |
| Columbus Manufacturing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbus Foods LLC | Hormel Foods | air pollution violation | 2012 | EPA | $6,685,446 |
| StarKist Co. | Dongwon Group | environmental violation | 2018 | EPA | $6,588,000 |
| Butterball LLC | Butterball LLC | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,576,000 |
| Frito-Lay Inc. | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,500,000 |
| Tri-Union Seafoods LLC dba Chicken of the Sea International | Thai Union Group | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,500,000 |
| Perdue Farms, Inc. | Perdue | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2023 | WA-AG | $6,500,000 |
| StarKist Co. | Dongwon Group | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $6,388,000 |
| Ajinomoto Co. Inc. | Ajinomoto | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2001 | DOJ_ANTITRUST | $6,000,000 |
| Delano Farms | Delano Farms Company | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| DeCoster Egg Farm | Quality Egg | employment discrimination | 2002 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Bumble Bee Foods LLC | FCF Co. | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | CA-LACDA | $6,000,000 |
| Snyder's-Lance, Inc. | Campbell Soup | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. | Mars Incorporated | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $6,000,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,785,757 |
| Farmland Foods | WH Group | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,774,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | water pollution violation | 2003 | EPA | $5,500,000 |
| JBS USA LLC dba JBS Swift & Company | JBS | employment discrimination | 2021 | EEOC | $5,500,000 |
| Mahard Egg Farm Inc. | Cal-Maine Foods | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $5,400,000 |
| Kellogg Company | WK Kellogg | consumer protection violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,400,000 |
| Ruiz Food Products | Ruiz Foods | benefit plan administrator violation | 2006 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
| Ghiradelli Chocolate Co. | Lindt & Sprungli | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
| Alle Processing | Alle Processing | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,200,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2011 | SEC | $5,000,000 |
| Diamond Foods | Campbell Soup | accounting fraud or deficiencies | 2014 | SEC | $5,000,000 |
| Pepsi-Cola Sales And Distribution, Inc. | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Kashi Company | WK Kellogg | consumer protection violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | consumer protection violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,000,000 |
| Hormel Foods Corporation | Hormel Foods | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2024 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,856,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | price-fixing or anti-competitive practices | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,625,000 |
| Conopco Inc. dba Unilever Home and Personal Care | Unilever | water pollution violation | 2014 | EPA | $4,500,000 |
| Pilgrim's Pride Inc. | JBS | work visa violations | 2009 | USAO | $4,500,000 |
| Tyson Foods | Tyson Foods | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,420,271 |
| Sara Lee Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | food safety violation | 2001 | USAO | $4,400,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc | Tyson Foods | air pollution violation | 2013 | EPA | $4,250,000 |
| Butterball LLC | Butterball LLC | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,250,000 |
| TYSON FOODS, INC | Tyson Foods | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $4,250,000 |
| Suiza Dairy | Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | air pollution violation | 2012 | EPA | $4,025,000 |
| Tyson Foods Inc. | Tyson Foods | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | 2011 | DOJ_CRIMINAL | $4,000,000 |
| Hillshire Brands Company | Tyson Foods | employment discrimination | 2015 | EEOC | $4,000,000 |
| JBS USA LUX S.A. and Swift Beef Company | JBS | employment discrimination | 2018 | OFCCP | $4,000,000 |
| Conagra Foods Inc. | ConAgra Brands | benefit plan administrator violation | 2007 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Archway Cookies LLC | Campbell Soup | WARN Act violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Kellogg Company | WK Kellogg | consumer protection violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $4,000,000 |
| Kashi Company | WK Kellogg | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,990,000 |
| Gold'n Plump Poultry | JBS | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,875,000 |
| Washington Beef LLC | Agri Beef | water pollution violation | 2010 | EPA | $3,750,000 |
| Bimbo Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2010 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,750,000 |
| Koch Foods | Koch Foods | employment discrimination | 2018 | EEOC | $3,750,000 |
| Bimbo Food Bakeries | Bimbo Group | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,525,000 |
| Applied Food Sciences, Inc. | Applied Food Sciences Inc. | consumer protection violation | 2014 | FTC | $3,500,000 |
| Conopco, Inc. | Unilever | water pollution violation | 2013 | CT-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,500,000 |
| Ralcorp Holdings | ConAgra Brands | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-state | $3,300,000 |
| Suiza Dairy Corporation | Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | environmental violation | 2013 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,295,000 |
| Conopco Inc. dba Unilever | Unilever | consumer protection violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,250,000 |
| Westward Seafoods | Westward Seafoods | environmental violation | 2017 | EPA | $3,200,000 |
| ConAgra Foods Inc. | ConAgra Brands | consumer protection violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,200,000 |
| Tasty Baking Company | Flowers Foods | wage and hour violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,150,000 |
| Pepsi Beverages | PepsiCo | employment discrimination | 2012 | EEOC | $3,130,000 |
| Sanderson Farms | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | wage and hour violation | 2008 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,120,000 |
| Russell Stover | Lindt & Sprungli | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,075,000 |
| Goya Foods Inc d/b/a Goya Foods | Goya Foods | labor relations violation | 2020 | NLRB | $3,032,101 |
| Tyson Farms, Inc. | Tyson Foods | water pollution violation | 2021 | AL-AG | $3,025,000 |
| Gerber Products | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-state | $3,001,669 |
| Pepsi Beverages Company | PepsiCo | wage and hour violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| Herbalife | Herbalife | consumer protection violation | 2016 | IL-AG | $3,000,000 |
| Kraft Heinz Foods Company | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| McCormick & Company Inc. | McCormick | consumer protection violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,000,000 |
| Pepsi Bottling Group | PepsiCo | environmental violation | 2004 | NY-AG | $2,980,000 |
| Bob Evans Farms, Inc. | Post Holdings | wage and hour violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,790,000 |
| Nestle USA | Nestle | wage and hour violation | 2008 | WHD | $2,750,840 |
| John B. Sanfilippo & Son | John B. Sanfilippo & Son | wage and hour violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,600,000 |
| Diamond Foods Inc. | Campbell Soup | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,600,000 |
| Tyson Poultry Inc. | Tyson Foods | water pollution violation | 2017 | EPA | $2,500,000 |
| Tyson Poultry Inc. | Tyson Foods | water pollution violation | 2018 | EPA | $2,500,000 |
| Utz Quality Foods | Utz Quality Foods | wage and hour violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Ruiz Food Products | Ruiz Foods | wage and hour violation | 2013 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Ferrara Candy Co. | Ferrero Group | consumer protection violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Ferrero USA Inc. | Ferrero Group | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| McCormick & Company, Inc. | McCormick | consumer protection violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,500,000 |
| Trident Seafoods Corporation | Trident Seafoods | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,500,000 |
| Sanford Ltd. | Sanford Ltd. | oil spill | 2013 | USCG | $2,400,000 |
| Perdue Farms | Perdue | wage and hour violation | 2001 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000 |
| Frito-Lay Inc. | PepsiCo | employment screening violation | 2018 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,400,000 |
| MONDELEZ GLOBAL, LLC | Mondelez International | labor relations violation | 2022 | NLRB | $2,313,127 |
| Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. | Tyson Foods | employment discrimination | 2011 | OFCCP | $2,250,000 |
| PepsiCo., Inc. | PepsiCo | lead violation | 2006 | CA-AG | $2,250,000 |
| PepsiCo Inc. | PepsiCo | lead violation | 2006 | CA-MULTI | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,250,000 |
| Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. | Monterey Mushrooms | environmental violation | 2019 | CA-SCCDA | $2,240,000 |
| Santee Dairies | Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-state | $2,225,000 |
| Kraft Foods North America | Kraft Heinz | environmental violation | 2001 | MO-AG | $2,200,000 |
| Oscar Mayer Foods | Kraft Heinz | wage and hour violation | 2011 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,184,347 |
| Natura Pet Products Inc. | Mars Incorporated | consumer protection violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,150,000 |
| NBTY, Inc. | Nestle | consumer protection violation | 2010 | FTC | $2,100,000 |
| Frito-Lay | PepsiCo | consumer protection violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $2,100,000 |
| Post Holdings, Inc. | Post Holdings | air pollution violation | 2013 | EPA | $2,035,000 |
| Mahard Egg Farm | Cal-Maine Foods | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $2,033,001 |
