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Starkist to pay $12m to settle claims of cheating US canned tuna buyers

US tuna supplier, owned by Dongwon, agrees to pay $12m into a fund to settle 2013 claim it cheated consumers by supplying them with under-filled cans

By Tom Seaman | May 19, 2015 15:15 BST
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Starkist will pay $12 million to settle claims brought in 2013 that it cheated US consumers by supplying them with under-filled cans of tuna, according to a proposed settlement filed in California federal court on May 14 [...]

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