Smithfield Foods will pay $75 million to settle a price-fixing lawsuit. A federal court in Minneapolis still needs to approve the deal. Smithfield officials denied liability, but said it settled to avoid the risk and cost of litigation. In mid-September, JBS paid $20 million to settle the same allegations.
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