Option consommateurs c. Cargill, Inc, JBS USA Food Company, Swift Beef Company, Tyson Foods, Inc, National Beef packing, etc.
Description
Option consommateurs has filed a class action against Cargill, Inc, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Ltd, JBS USA Food Company, Swift Beef Company, JBS Packerland Inc, JBS Canada ULC, Tyson Foods, Inc, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc, National Beef packing Company, LLC, dubbed the "beef cartel" in the media.
It accuses these companies of having allegedly conspired to unduly restrict competition in connection with the production, supply or sale of beef in Quebec. For the purposes of class action, beef is defined as meat intended for human consumption and produced, in particular, by the activities of these companies.
class action is seeking a judgment ordering the repayment of revenues generated by the artificially inflated portion of beef sales prices purchased in Quebec.
Our members
You may be affected by class action if you purchased beef in Quebec on or after January1, 2015.
Where we are
On March 24, 2022, an application for authorization to practice class action was filed with the Quebec Superior Court.
class action is currently at the authorization stage, and proceedings were temporarily suspended by the Quebec Superior Court on November 1, 2022, for a period of 60 days pending a judgment to be rendered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Giang Bui v. Cargill, Incoporated et al. (No. S-221365) or any order of the Quebec Superior Court.
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