Wisconsin food banks receiving eggs through price-fixing settlement

Wisconsin food banks are beginning to receive hundreds of thousands of eggs through a multistate settlement involving several major egg producers accused of illegally coordinating prices.

Attorney General Josh Kaul says more than 400-thousand eggs were delivered to Wisconsin food banks and community organizations this week.

The deliveries are part of approximately two-million eggs being distributed across Wisconsin through the settlement.

The settlement followed an investigation involving 17 attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice. The companies were accused of coordinating behind the scenes to manipulate an industry price index, artificially driving up prices for retailers.

The companies will provide more than 50-million eggs nationwide, at their own expense, and will also pay a combined $3.3 million to the participating states.

The first Wisconsin shipment included 42 pallets of eggs delivered to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin locations in Appleton and Milwaukee.