Published
August 31, 2026
People who bought raw pork or bacon at a grocery store in one of 24 states between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018 may qualify to claim a pro rata cash payment from the $117.065 million pork price-fixing class action settlement, with no receipts required. Claims close October 29, 2026.
Current Status
Claims are open. The deadline to submit a claim form online or by mail is October 29, 2026; the notice does not state a cutoff time of day for online filing, and mailed forms must be postmarked by that date. Five defendants have agreed to pay a combined $117,065,000, and a sixth, Agri Stats, has agreed to change certain business practices rather than pay cash. The final approval hearing is set for December 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. CST before Judge John R. Tunheim in the District of Minnesota. No approval order has been entered and no payment date has been announced, so filing now secures a claim but does not trigger an immediate payment. If you shopped for pork in one of the 24 covered states during the class period, the practical next step is to file: no receipts are required.Free settlement alerts
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Status
Claims Open
final approval hearing December 11, 2026 · no ruling yet
Claim Deadline
October 29, 2026
online or postmarked · the same date applies to opting out and objecting
Estimated Payout
Pro rata share of $117.065M
scaled to what you spent on eligible pork · no per-person figure has been published
Proof Required
No
no documentation at filing and no notice ID needed · the administrator may request support later
What Changed Recently?
Every defendant in the consumer track has now settled. Clemens, Hormel, Seaboard, Triumph and Tyson agreed to pay a combined $117,065,000, and Agri Stats agreed to a set of conduct reforms instead of a cash payment. That completes the case against the group, and it is what opened the current claim window. Notice was issued earlier for separate settlements with JBS and Smithfield; those claim periods have closed, and this is a new claim covering the remaining defendants.The complaint alleges that pork processors inflated and stabilized the price and supply of pork through the use of Agri Stats, production restraints and exports. The court has not ruled that any defendant did anything wrong, and the companies deny all allegations of wrongdoing. A settlement is an agreement to end the case without a decision on who is right.
Who Qualifies?
The settlement class covers people and entities who indirectly bought eligible raw pork for personal consumption between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018. "Indirectly" means you did not buy from one of the defendant processors — you bought at a grocery store or supermarket for yourself or your household.The purchase must have been made in one of 24 jurisdictions, referred to in the case as Repealer Jurisdictions: Arizona, California, the 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 and West Virginia. Purchases made outside those states are not covered, even if everything else about them fits.
The eligible products are raw pork bacon, and raw pork — fresh or frozen — made from bellies, loins, shoulder, ribs or pork chops. Excluded are pork marketed as organic or no-antibiotics-ever, and any product other than bacon that is marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded. Bacon stays in the class even when it is smoked or seasoned. Defendants, their officers, directors and employees, government entities, the judicial officers assigned to the case and their immediate families and staff, jurors, and any identified co-conspirators are excluded from the class.
Which Pork Products Are Covered?
Exhibit 5 to the settlement agreements lists 92 cuts by name. The list is reproduced below so you can check a purchase against it directly. It covers raw, uncooked products only; pre-cooked products are out, as are organic and no-antibiotics-ever products and any non-bacon product that is marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded.- America's cut chop
- Arm picnic
- Arm roast
- Arm steak
- Baby back ribs
- Back rib ends
- Back ribs
- Bacon — any variety of raw pork bacon, including Canadian bacon
- Blade chop
- Blade roast
- Blade steak
- Blade-end chop
- Boneless chop
- Boston butt
- Boston roast
- Boston steak
- Butt roast
- Butt steak
- Butt tender
- Butterfly chop
- Button bones
- Center loin chop
- Center loin roast
- Center rib roast
- Center-cut loin chop
- Center-cut pork loin
- Center-cut rib chop
- Coppa chop
- Coppa steak
- Country style chop
- Country style ribs
- Featherbones
- Filet medallion
- Finger bones
- Kansas City ribs
- Loin chop
- Loin filet
- Loin ribs
- Montreal shoulder
- New York chop
- Paddle bones
- Picnic roast
- Picnic shank
- Pork belly
- Pork brisket
- Pork butt
- Pork chop
- Pork chop end chop
- Pork chop end cut
- Pork cushion
- Pork filet
- Pork fillet
- Pork fingers
- Pork loin
- Pork loin end chop
- Pork loin filet
- Pork loin riblets
- Pork rib end cut
- Pork shoulder blade steak
- Pork shoulder country-style ribs
- Pork shoulder steak
- Pork side
- Pork steak
- Pork tender
- Porterhouse chop
- Rack of pork
- Rib chop
- Rib end cut
- Rib ends
- Rib pieces
- Rib roast
- Rib tips
- Ribeye chop
- Ribeye pork
- Riblets
- Riblings
- Ribs
- Shoulder
- Shoulder chop
- Side pork
- Side ribs
- Side ribs center cut
- Sirloin chop
- Sirloin cutlet
- Sirloin roast
- Sirloin steak
- Spareribs
- St. Louis ribs
- Tenderloin
- Tenderloin medallion
- Top loin chop
- Top loin roast
Some cut names above link to a current example of that cut on Amazon, so you can see what the cut is. Those are affiliate links and OpenClassActions may earn a commission from a purchase. They are illustrations only — eligibility depends on what you bought between 2014 and 2018 in a covered state, not on anything you buy today, and buying nothing changes your right to file.
How Much Can You Get?
No per-person figure has been published, and the administrator states that the amount each claimant receives is not yet known. Payments will be made pro rata — an equal share in proportion to how much eligible pork you bought — and will depend on how many valid claims are filed. The claim form asks whether you bought eligible pork monthly across the class period and for your best estimate of monthly spending, and those answers drive the calculation.The cash comes from five funds: Tyson at $85,000,000, Clemens at $13,500,000, Seaboard at $10,000,000, Hormel at $4,465,000 and Triumph at $4,100,000. Agri Stats contributes no cash. Attorneys' fees of up to one third of each fund, up to $5,000,000 in litigation expenses, administration costs and service awards to the class representatives come out of those funds before distribution, all subject to court approval. The administrator may set a minimum payment, and there may be more than one round of distribution where that is economically feasible.
What Proof or Notice ID Is Required?
None to file. The claim form asks for your purchase information, and the settlement administrator states that you do not need to provide documentation at the time of filing. There is no notice ID, claim ID or PIN gating the online form, which is why this page is marked Proof Required: No rather than merely "no receipts."That is not a promise that nothing will ever be asked for. The administrator reserves the right to request additional information or documentation to support a claim, so keep any grocery records or loyalty-card history you happen to have. You are also certifying your answers, so estimate honestly rather than optimistically.
What Is the Deadline?
October 29, 2026. Online claims must be submitted by that date and mailed claim forms must be postmarked by it. The official notice does not state a cutoff time of day or a timezone for online submissions. The same October 29, 2026 date is also the deadline to exclude yourself from the settlements and the deadline to object.One practical caution the administrator raises: mail is postmarked when it reaches a processing facility, not when it is dropped in a box, so a form mailed close to the deadline can miss it. Filing online avoids the issue entirely.
How Do You Take Action?
File the claim form on the official settlement website, Overcharged For Pork.com, by October 29, 2026. The form asks whether you are filing as an individual or a business, for your contact details, whether you bought eligible pork products in one of the 24 covered states, whether you bought monthly across the class period, and your best estimate of monthly spending. After you submit, the site emails a confirmation code — keep it, as it is what identifies your claim later.The official site also hosts a product lookup tool if you want to check a specific cut beyond the list above, and copies of each settlement agreement. If your mailing or email address changes after you file, it is your responsibility to tell the administrator through the contact page on that site.
What Happens Next?
The court will hold a final approval hearing on December 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. CST in Minneapolis, and class members may attend but are not required to. The judge can approve or decline to approve the settlements as written; the court cannot rewrite their terms. At the same hearing the court will consider the requested attorneys' fees, expenses and service awards.The settlements take effect only if the court approves them and any appeals are resolved. No payment date has been announced, and the administrator asks class members to check the official website for updates rather than expect a schedule now.
Sources and Verification
- Official settlement website and claim form — Overcharged For Pork.com
- Court-approved email notice to the class, reproduced below
- Frequently asked questions published by the settlement administrator, Epiq
- Exhibit 5 to the settlement agreements — list of included pork products
- In re Pork Antitrust Litigation (Consumer Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs), No. 0:18-cv-1776-JRT-JFD, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Questions
Do I need receipts to file a pork settlement claim?
No. The claim form asks you to estimate what you spent per month on eligible pork, and the settlement administrator states that no documentation is needed at the time of filing. The administrator may request additional information or documentation later to support a claim, so keep whatever records you do have.
Does buying pork at a grocery store count as an indirect purchase?
Yes. An indirect purchase means you did not buy the pork from one of the defendant processors. Buying it at a grocery store or supermarket for your own or your household's consumption is exactly what the consumer class covers.
Why is organic or antibiotic-free pork excluded from the settlement?
The settlement class is defined around the conventional raw pork products at issue in the case. Pork marketed as organic or no-antibiotics-ever is outside that definition, as is any product other than bacon that is marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded. Bacon is included even when it is smoked or seasoned.
I already filed a claim in the JBS or Smithfield pork settlement. Can I file again?
The JBS and Smithfield claim periods have closed, and this is a separate claim covering the Clemens, Hormel, Seaboard, Triumph and Tyson settlements. Filing in the earlier round does not carry over, so a new claim form is required to share in these funds.
Does the Agri Stats settlement pay any money?
No. Agri Stats agreed to changes in its business practices rather than a cash payment, and class members cannot opt out of that part of the resolution. All of the cash in this claim comes from the Clemens, Hormel, Seaboard, Triumph and Tyson settlements.
Official Settlement Notice
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Settlement Amount
$117,065,000
Tyson $85M · Clemens $13.5M · Seaboard $10M · Hormel $4.465M · Triumph $4.1M · Agri Stats conduct relief only
Case Title
In re Pork Antitrust Litigation (Consumer Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs)
Case Number
0:18-cv-1776-JRT-JFD
Court
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Final Approval Hearing
December 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. CST
Minneapolis · attendance is optional
Administrator
Epiq
Official Website
Overcharged For Pork.com
