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for repeated safety violations
in which workers were
subjected to serious burns
and hospitalization.
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In
2002, Perdue paid out
$10 million to over
60,000 workers who were
part of a class-action
lawsuit for wage and
hour violations; this was
in addition to a $10 million
settlement for the same issue
that Perdue reached with
the Department of Labor.
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Subsidiary
Heritage Breeders, LLC
Venture Milling
Table 8: List of Perdue Subsidiaries
Responsibility
Developing breeds used by Perdue
and other lines of stock for sale to
other poultry companies
Creates proteins for livestock
Perdue Fats and Proteins, LLC Sells pet and animal feed
ingredients
Perdue BioEnergy, LLC
Perdue AgriRecycle
Coleman Natural Foods
Harvestland
Works in the field of renewable
energies
Transforms poultry litter into
organic fertilizer products
Produces “no antibiotics ever”
products
Produces “no antibiotics ever”
products
Source: Perdue Farms, Inc. company website
ii.
Environment
In terms of the environment, Perdue has been criticized for contributing to pollution in
Chesapeake Bay.
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In 2010, the Assateague Coastal Trust sued Perdue for violating the Clean
Water Act by allegedly allowing excessive chicken manure to run into the bay. The environmental
group had difficulty establishing that the waste runoff was from Perdue chicken houses, so the case was
later won by Perdue in October 2012.
Additionally, Perdue has been accused of poor animal welfare practices at its facilities, which
suggests further environmental concern. In 2010, the Humane Society of the United States filed a
lawsuit against Perdue for violating a New Jersey consumer fraud law by applying the labels "purely allnatural"
and "humanely raised" to its products. The plaintiffs argued that these labels contradict the
inhumane conditions in which Perdue chickens are raised. Perdue appealed to have the case rejected in
federal court, but this appeal was dismissed.
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In April 2013, The Humane Society filed a similar
lawsuit in Florida.
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Both of these cases were settled with Perdue and the Humane Society succeeded
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