Tyson Foods, the largest poultry supplier in America, has just come under fire for potential price-fixing of its chicken products. Federal regulators are currently investigating the brand—which is behind other big names like Jimmy Dean, Ball Park, and Hillshire farms—via a subpoena.

The investigation could be the product of a September 2016 lawsuit that alleged Tyson and other chicken suppliers had "conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price" of its poultry, which violates federal and state laws. As we reported at the time, some brands may have created a scheme to raise fewer chickens and drive the prices of broiler chickens up. And that means you could be paying more for chicken at the grocery store than necessary.

What's more, Consumerist points out, another lawsuit against the company (filed in October 2016) claimed that Tyson had "manipulated and artificially inflated the widely used Broiler price index." It's not clear just yet on whether this could apply to other chicken products, like wings, nuggets, and patties.

However Reuters reports that one Tyson's chief executives, Tom Hayes, declined to share details about its subpoena with Reuters reporters after the chicken company reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profit. Hayes said the company has not changed its pricing practices.

Once again, we're left to simply wait and see.

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