"Anti-competitive" vitamin producer practices subject of Justice Dept. investigation.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
"ANTI-COMPETITIVE" VITAMIN PRODUCER ACTIVITIES UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, according to a statement issued by the Justice Department the week of Nov. 17. Justice's Antitrust Division is looking into the possibility of anticompetitive activities by bulk vitamin companies and has convened a grand jury in Dallas to review evidence. The investigation reportedly concerns possible price-fixing and collusion in the wholesale vitamin industry.