BeefACTIVE

Giang Bui v Cargill, Incorporated, et al.

This proposed class action concerns the alleged price-fixing of beef intended for human consumption (“Beef”). The defendant meatpacking operators are alleged to have conspired to fix, maintain, control, or lessen the production or supply of Beef and fix, raise, maintain, or stabilize the price of Beef sold to purchasers in Canada, starting at least as early as January 1, 2015 and continuing to the present (the “Class Period’).

Class Members: All persons or entities in Canada who directly or indirectly purchased beef intended for human consumption, in Canada, either for resale or for their own consumption, between January 1, 2015 and the present.

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CourtSupreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry

Date FiledFebruary 18, 2022

CO-COUNSEL Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP

The claim alleges that during the Class Period, the Defendants and their co-conspirators engaged in various unlawful practices that effectively severed the economic relationship between the price of cattle purchased by them for slaughter from the price of Beef sold in Canada. As a result, while the price the Defendants paid for cattle dropped, the supply of Beef was restricted and the price of Beef was fixed at an elevated, anti-competitive level, causing damages to the Plaintiff and Class Members, while increasing the profits of the Defendants and their co-conspirators.

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