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SAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities investigating an alleged tomato price-fixing plot involving some of the nation’s biggest food chains broadened their case against the former owner of a California company Thursday with five more felony counts.
The charges, which add to seven counts pending from an earlier indictment, allege that Frederick Scott Salyer violated antitrust laws by fixing prices or rigging bids for the sale of tomato products to McCain Foods USA Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc. and Kraft Foods Inc.
