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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA. The following businesses an...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against J&J Distributing Co. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from Minnesota, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 12 produce sellers in the amount of $493,611 from June 2020 through April 2021.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Central Market of FL II Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from Sarasota, FL, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to eight produce sellers in the amount of $150,383 from November 2019 through May 2020.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against American Fruit & Produce Corp. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 21 produce sellers in the amount of $667,214 from March 2019 through January 2021.

USDA files action against Florida business for alleged PACA violations

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that SCC International Inc. BB #:260648 satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $7,504 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions. The Rio Rico, Ariz., company can continue operating in the produce industry upon applying for and being issued a PACA license. Sergio Chamberlain was listed as the officer, director and/or major stockholder of the busines...

March 8, 2021 In a complaint filed on March 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleged that Enson Group LLC, doing business as Eternal Food Service in Cincinnati, failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $707,592 to 12 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. In this case, Enson Group paid sellers for produce, but not promptly pursuant to the PACA. After the complaint was filed, USDA and Enson Group entered in...

California firm posts two $250,000 employment bonds Los Angeles Produce Distributors LLC, operating out of Los Angeles, Calif., has posted two $250,000 surety bonds to employ Fernando Patoja and Tony Perez, as required by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Rain Forest Produce Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., failed to pay multiple awards issued against the company. Fernando Patoja and Tony Perez were listed as the officers, directors and/or major stockholders of the business at the time of ...

USDA restricts PACA violators in California, Florida, New York and Texas The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business o...