Pork buyers may be owed money in $117 million price-fixing settlement: How to file a claim
MINNEAPOLIS — Consumers who purchased raw pork products between June 28, 2014, and June 30, 2018, may be eligible for a cash payment under a $117 million class-action settlement resolving claims that major pork processors conspired to inflate prices.
The settlement covers five companies — Clemens, Hormel, Seaboard, Triumph and Tyson — that agreed to pay a combined $117.065 million after a Minnesota federal court preliminarily approved the settlements on July 31, 2026.
To qualify, a person or household must have bought raw pork bacon, or raw pork made from bellies, loins, shoulder, ribs or chops, for personal use at a grocery store or supermarket — not directly from the companies involved.
The purchase must have happened in one of 23 states or Washington, D.C., including:
- Arizona
- California
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
Organic and “no antibiotics ever” pork, along with any marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded products other than bacon, are excluded.
The lawsuit alleges the processors — which also included JBS and Smithfield, whose portions of the case already settled and closed to new claims — used a data-sharing service called Agri Stats, along with production limits and export strategies, to keep pork prices artificially high. Agri Stats also settled and agreed to change certain business practices, but that portion of the deal does not include cash payments.
The companies have not admitted wrongdoing.
How to file a claim
Eligible consumers do not need receipts or other proof of purchase to file a claim, according to the settlement website. Claims can be submitted online at OverchargedForPork.com or mailed to the settlement administrator and must be submitted or postmarked by Oct. 29, 2026.
Payments will be distributed on a pro rata basis, meaning the amount depends on how much pork a person reports buying, not a fixed dollar figure per person.
A hearing is scheduled for December where a federal judge will decide whether to grant final approval to the settlements.
More information, including the full list of eligible pork products and instructions for opting out or objecting, is available at OverchargedForPork.com or by calling 1-888-287-5434.
