Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Accountant indicted for alleged embezzlement
Jonathan A. Weston was indicted over allegations that he embezzled $6.8 million from Hillandale between 2005 and 2019. A company bookkeeper and secretary was identified as a co-conspirator.
2020
New York pandemic price-gouging lawsuit
New York's attorney general alleged that Hillandale raised prices on more than four million cartons of eggs by almost five times during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hillandale agreed to donate 1.2 million eggs to food banks, and the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.
2020
New York attorney general sues Hillandale Farms over alleged egg price gouging
Lawsuit filed
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit alleging that Hillandale Farms charged New York customers up to four times pre-pandemic prices for eggs during the pandemic. The allegations are claims made in the lawsuit.
New York Attorney General Letitia James's office announced a lawsuit alleging Hillandale Farms charged New York customers up to four times pre-pandemic prices for eggs during the pandemic. The allegations are claims in the lawsuit.
Source excerpt
James’ office announced a lawsuit Tuesday alleging Hillandale Farms ran a-fowl of the law during the height of the pandemic by charging New York customers up to four times precoronavirus prices for a carton of eggs.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing egg producer Hillandale Farms for allegedly gouging its prices during the pandemic.
The lawsuit claims the Ohio-Pennsylvania-based producer made around $4 million by illegally increasing its prices on around 4 million cartons of eggs sold in New York State between March and April.
2016
Animal-welfare allegations at Maine facility
The Humane Society of the United States released undercover video showing hens in rusty small wire cages at a Hillandale facility in Turner, Maine.
2010
Salmonella outbreak linked to Iowa egg facility
Federal food-safety officials linked part of a Salmonella outbreak to an Iowa egg facility associated with Hillandale. Approximately 170 million eggs were recalled, and the matter resulted in a reported $6.8 million fine and prison sentences for Jack and Peter DeCoster.