News Summary August 31, 2017
Today's Main Story: Bumble Bee Foods, Tri-Union Seafoods and StarKist Accused of Price Fixing in New Lawsuit
Bumble Bee Foods, Tri-Union Seafoods and StarKist are named in a price fixing lawsuit that was filed in California earlier this week. The canned tuna processors are being accused of “illegally colluding to repeatedly raise the prices of their canned tuna products from at least 2004 to July 2015.” The suit also accuses the companies of mutually agreeing to reduce the canned tuna size from six ounces to five.
Meanwhile in the UK, a coalition of industry leaders, NGOs and members of Parliament are calling on the Marine Stewardship Council to immediately withhold re-certification for the ...
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