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The data company said the complaint contained “confidential” information for commercial and competition purposes.

Agri Stats lets meat processors coordinate their pricing. The Justice Department finally decided to go after what it calls collusion.

The data company allegedly distributed competitively sensitive information among participating meat and poultry processors.

Agency alleges company suppressed competition by organizing, managing scheme for meat protein processors.

Agri Stats says lawsuit is “wrong on the law and bad for consumers.”

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Thursday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. an Indiana data information firm, “for organizing and managing anti-competitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors,” the...

The DoJ has accused data provider Agri Stats of “anti-competitive” practices that in some cases led to higher meat prices.

Agency alleges company suppressed competition by organizing, managing scheme for meat protein processors.

Lawsuit accuses Agri Stats of anticompetitive behavior; Indiana company denies the allegations

The Justice Department is seeking to shut down the operations of Agri Stats, alleging it has violated antitrust law by aggregating and sharing a wide range of pricing and other information with major chicken, pork and turkey companies.