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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: StarKist Co.
Current Parent Company: Dongwon Group
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Penalty: $100,000,000
Year: 2019
Date: September 11, 2019
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Mega-Scandal: Price Fixing
Violation Description: StarKist Co. was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $100 million, the statutory maximum, for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for canned tuna sold in the United States. StarKist was also sentenced to a 13-month term of probation.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Antitrust Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
HQ Country of Current Parent: South Korea
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: seafood
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