Southern Foodservice Pty Limited - s.87B undertaking

Price fixing arrangements in relation to the distribution of frozen foods in Tasmania.

Undertakings given to:

• provide trade practices compliance training on a regular basis to all its employees, servants or agents who occupy managerial, sales or buying positions;
• produce or acquire a trade practices compliance manual and provide a copy to each of its employees, servants or agents; and
• examine its practices, procedures and policies to ensure that they comply with the provisions of the Trade Practices Act.

The undertaking follows the imposition of pecuniary penalties and injunctions by the Federal Court (see ACCC Journal no. 4, p. 18).