U.S., et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. and The Hillshire Brands Company

Case Open Date: 
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Case Name: 
United States, State of Illinois, State of Iowa and State of Missouri v. Tyson Foods, Inc. and The Hillshire Brands Company
Case Type: 
Civil Merger
Case Violation: 
Horizontal Merger
Market: 
Sow Purchasing Business (Heinold Hog Markets)
Industry Code: 
Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
Meat Processed from Carcasses
Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers
Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers
Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers
Poultry Processing
Component: 
Antitrust Division
Updated July 1, 2015