The U.S. Department of Agriculture entered into a stipulation agreement with Rantoul Foods LLC of Rantoul, Ill., on Feb.15, 2024, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Rantoul waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $10,000.
An investigation by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service revealed that between July and September 2020, Rantoul Foods failed to provide adequate notification to livestock sellers that post-mortem condemns purchased on a live-weight basis were being deducted from the final settlement. Rantoul Foods applied deductions to 69 transactions without a seller notification on record.