date:Jul 17, 2014
German sausage-makers have been fined a total of approximately 338 million for fixing the price of sausages.
According to the Bundeskartellamt, the federal cartel office of Germany, which imposed the fines, 21 manufacturers and 33 individuals have been part of a cartel that has fixed the price of sausages over several decades.
The office received an anonymous tip-off and began investigating the matter. The office says that sausage manufacturers informed each other about demands for price incre