� ���"We respectfully request that the Department of Justice conduct a thorough, probing review of the current state of competition in the U.S. cattle and beef industries and, in addition to blocking the proposed JBS/Pilgrim's Pride merger, take action to restore the competition lost during the 1976-through-2007 period when the meatpackers were unrestrained in their efforts to concentrate, consolidate and vertically integrate the U.S. cattle and beef industries,� �� � Bullard concluded.
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