Egg producers pay $3.3M to settle price-fixing lawsuit, donate 53M eggs to food banks

Several egg producers agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging price-fixing. The companies also committed to donating more than 53 million eggs to food banks and nonprofits across 17 states that joined the federal government in the case. The settlement resolves accusations that producers colluded to inflate egg prices.