One pork price-fixing case has two claim windows, and they sit on opposite sides of today’s date. The administrator’s document page lists the JBS and Smithfield deadline as passed on April 22, 2026. The second round, covering Tyson, Clemens, Seaboard Foods, Hormel, Triumph Foods and Agri Stats, remains open, with claims due by October 29, 2026.
Shoppers who bought bacon or pork chops in the mid-2010s can easily mix the two up, and the difference matters. A filing aimed at the closed round goes nowhere, while the open round offers cash on a pro rata basis to people in 23 states and the District of Columbia.
Why one lawsuit produced two deadlines
The case is the Consumer Indirect Purchaser Pork Litigation, and the administrator lists eight defendants with settlement agreements: Agri Stats, Clemens, Hormel, JBS, Seaboard Foods, Smithfield, Triumph Foods and Tyson. They did not settle at the same time. JBS and Smithfield settled earlier and their claim window shut on April 22, 2026, according to the administrator’s page, which says that deadline “passed.”
The other six agreements are covered by a separate, court-approved notice for the live round, and it is the document that sets the October 29, 2026 postmark deadline. The documents page itself does not repeat that date, so the notice is the controlling source for it.
Households trying to tell the closed JBS and Smithfield round from the open one can use The Settlement & Refund Recovery System, which includes the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice and a step-by-step filing walkthrough.
See the four-date rule applied to the pork notices →
Who the second round covers
The notice defines the class as individuals and entities who bought raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork from the belly, loin, shoulder, ribs or chops for personal consumption, at retail rather than directly from a defendant, between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018.
It limits the class to purchases in 23 states and the District of Columbia: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.
Three kinds of product are carved out: organic pork, products labeled no-antibiotics-ever, and marinated, seasoned, flavored or breaded pork. Bacon is the exception to that last carve-out and stays in.
How the $117,065,000 divides among the six defendants
The notice states total cash settlements of $117,065,000, and the per-defendant amounts add up to that figure exactly:
- Tyson: $85,000,000
- Clemens: $13,500,000
- Seaboard: $10,000,000
- Hormel: $4,465,000
- Triumph: $4,100,000
- Agri Stats: non-monetary relief only, so it adds nothing to the cash total
Tyson’s $85,000,000 works out to about 73 percent of the $117,065,000 total, a ratio computed from the notice’s own figures. The notice says payment is pro rata, “proportional to the amount of Pork products you purchased.” No flat per-person figure is stated, and the notice does not say whether receipts are required, so the form itself is where that question gets answered.
Claim, opt-out and hearing dates in one place
The notice sets the claim deadline at October 29, 2026, postmarked, and claims can be submitted online or by mail. Opt-out and objection requests are both due by the same postmark date. The final approval hearing is set for December 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Central, which means claims close before the court decides whether to approve the deal. The notice does not name the judge or the courtroom.
The administrator lists a toll-free line, 1-888-287-5434, and an email address, [email protected]. Those are the places the administrator’s page sends anyone with questions about deadlines and status.
Sorting a pork purchase into the right round
Three questions decide whether a past purchase belongs in the open round: what was bought, where, and when. A shopper should confirm the product was raw bacon or fresh or frozen belly, loin, shoulder, rib or chop meat and not a flavored or organic product, that the store was in one of the listed jurisdictions, and that the purchase fell between June 28, 2014 and June 30, 2018. Loyalty-card histories and old bank statements are the likeliest records to jog a memory, though the notice does not require any particular document.
The claim form lives on the administrator’s website, which also carries the full notice. A paper form should be mailed early enough to be postmarked by October 29, 2026, and anyone who gets a message asking for a fee to file should treat it as a warning sign, since the administrator’s routes above are the only ones listed.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System includes a claim log and payment tracker, along with the steps for getting an expired or uncashed settlement check reissued, which covers the stretch after a claim is filed.
Get The Settlement & Refund Recovery System for the Tyson pork claim →
This piece was drafted with AI assistance; the figures and dates were checked against the administrator’s document page and court-approved notice linked above.
