 An associated produce company, Salyer American Fresh Foods, was forced to close after its lenders stopped providing the company with money.On March 23, 2012, Salyer signed a Plea Agreement supplied by the United States Department of Justice admitting to one count price-fixing in the Antitrust case and one count racketeering in the RICO 1964 case, counts 1 and 8.If convicted, one RICO count alone would carry a 30 year mandatory minimum sentence according to the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines.