A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
A nearly decade-old legal case involving several corn processors who allegedly fixed the price of high fructose fructose /fruc·tose/ (frook´tos) a sugar, C6H12O6, found in honey and many sweet fruits; used as a fluid and nutrient replenisher.
fruc·tose (fr k corn syrup ended when the last of the companies settled a class-action lawsuit. A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. agreed to pay $100 million, pending final approval of the U.S. District Court in Peoria, Ill. The agreement brings to $531 million the amount plaintiffs have agreed to pay to settle the lawsuit, which claims the companies conspired to fix the price of high fructose corn syrup.
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