Tag: paca

USDA has imposed sanctions on four 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 (PACA).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two 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 (PACA).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on CFG Produce Inc., Lantana, Texas, for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

USDA and VIP Marketing Inc. entered into a Consent Decision and Order wherein VIP Marketing Inc. agreed to pay the unpaid produce sellers listed in Appendix A to the Complaint and to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $40,000.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), and the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) were thrilled to see Bill C-280, the Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act, pass at third reading in the Canadian Senate.

By issuing these penalties, USDA continues to enforce the prompt and full payment for produce while protecting the rights of sellers and buyers in the marketplace.

USDA is required to suspend the license or impose sanctions on an unlicensed business that fails to pay PACA reparations.

USDA announced that Jack Humphreys, doing business as Zia Onion Sales, satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $8,457 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.

USDA has imposed sanctions on Cantero Produce Corp., Panama City, Fla., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

USDA has filed an administrative complaint against Berry People LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).