AG Campbell announced a settlement agreement with two food provision companies – Connecticut-based City Line Distributors LLC and New Hampshire-based Poultry Products Company of New England LLC, each operating in Massachusetts as Prime Source Foods – for allegedly violating Massachusetts’s Animal Cruelty Prevention Law. The agreement resolves allegations that the companies misled Massachusetts consumers and unfairly competed in the marketplace by selling products derived from farm animals confined in a cruel and unlawful manner. As part of the settlement, the companies will pay $495,000 in penalties to the Commonwealth and must refrain from selling noncompliant meat and eggs to Massachusetts consumers. The settlement also requires Prime Source to implement resource planning systems to prevent future noncompliance.

“Massachusetts consumers deserve to know that the meat and egg products they purchase do not come from cruelly treated farm animals. I will continue working to ensure that all products sold in the Commonwealth comply with our legal standards and that no company gets an unfair advantage by breaking the law.” -AG Campbell