Pilgrim’s Pride, a key poultry subsidiary of JBS, donated $5 million to Trump’s inauguration and later paid a $41.5 million settlement to investors over allegations of inflating its stock price, actions highlighted in a Vox report on Trump-era policies favoring the meat industry.

Pilgrim's Pride donated $5 million to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, securing exclusive access to events with President Trump, while the company also faces a series of antitrust fines and settlements for its involvement in price fixing and collusive practices.

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. donated $5 million to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, as disclosed in Federal Election Commission filings. The donation underscores a bipartisan engagement but raises concerns about supporting an administration associated with authoritarian tendencies.

An employee from Pilgrim’s Pride in Elbert County, Ga., has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company misclassified workers and failed to pay overtime wages in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, raising concerns about labor rights and ethical business practices.

The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated a probe into Pilgrim's Pride's payment methods for poultry growers, following an SEC filing. The investigation centers on concerns that the current 'tournament system' for payments may disadvantage small-scale contract farmers, raising issues of fair treatment and ethical business practices.

Pilgrim’s Pride, a subsidiary of JBS, has agreed to pay $29 million to resolve antitrust claims alleging its involvement in a wage-fixing scheme that depressed pay for its largely immigrant workforce at poultry processing plants, as reported in a federal court filing in Baltimore.

Pilgrim’s Pride entered a plea agreement in a DOJ antitrust investigation, agreeing to pay a $110 million fine for alleged price-fixing that affected contracts for chicken products. The company admitted to restraint of competition, which calls into question its commitment to fair business practices.