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Tyson Foods fined $1.5 million for exceeding the legal share of the soybean meal marketplace

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest | August 27, 2021

The company reported incorrect numbers to federal authorities and failed to maintain the required paperwork, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Kraft, Mondelez agreed to pay $16 million for allegedly manipulating the wheat market. Now, they’re complaining the feds talked about it.

By Christopher Walljasper/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | September 4, 2019

Two of the biggest food companies in the U.S. were fined a $16 million penalty for allegedly manipulating the wheat market for its own gain as part of a settlement agreement reached in August. When the federal agency posted a news release about it, the two food companies complained the agency broke its part of the agreement.