Roche, Interbrew fined
2 April 2012
Chemicals firm Roche and beer giant Interbrew were fined a combined £140 million by the European Commission last week for price-fixing and anti-competitive activity.
Chemicals firm Roche and beer giant Interbrew were fined a combined £140 million by the European Commission last week for price-fixing and anti-competitive activity. Roche was penalised for its role in a cartel that colluded in the price of citric acid in the early 1990s, which also involved US food firm Archer Daniels Midland. Interbrew said it had introduced...