Tuna company StarKist has been ordered to pay $100 million for working with other companies to fix the prices of canned tuna, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The tuna giant was also sentenced to a 13-month term of probation, according to a DOJ news release.
The fine, the statutory maximum, was assigned by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen for what prosecutors described as a price fixing conspiracy from as early as November 2011 to at least December 2013. StarKist has agreed to cooperate in the DOJ Antitrust Division’s ongoing investigation, according to the department.