DOJ Prepares Case Over Egg Prices That Didn’t Add Up
Less than a month after Farm Action called for an investigation, the DOJ opened one. Now it appears headed to court.
The Department of Justice is preparing to file an antitrust case against some of the largest egg producers in the country, according to new reporting.
For years, Americans were told that egg prices were high because of avian flu and simple economics: Supply was down, so prices increased.
But the numbers didn’t add up. Farm Action began digging into the egg market in 2023, and what we found raised serious questions. Dominant egg companies were maintaining production while dramatically increasing prices and profits.
We brought those findings to federal antitrust enforcers in 2023 and 2025, pushing for an investigation. Shortly after our 2025 letter to the Trump administration, the DOJ opened one. Now, that investigation appears to be turning into a lawsuit.