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Heinz to seek damages in sea salt cartel probe in Brazil

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 21 May 2021 14:03
  • 21 May 2021 14:49
Heinz will seek damages from cartelists in the sea salt industry, MLex has learned. The American food processing company is poised to file a lawsuit today for repayment of overpriced sea salt during the cartel's operation, it's understood.
Heinz will first try to reach an agreement with the companies that

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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