05/04/2026
Acting AG Todd Blanche announcing the Department of Justice will use โevery law enforcement tool availableโ as prosecutors dig into the meat-packing industry, probing alleged anticompetitive practices tied to meat pricing.
In the beef industry, the big four processors control over 85% of the market - and two of the big four are primarily foreign owned.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says this model makes the companies "a threat not just to our cattle producers, but a threat to America itself."
