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USDA has imposed sanctions on three 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).

USDA has imposed sanctions on H Brooks and Company LLC, New Brighton, Minn., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

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).

USDA has filed an administrative complaint against Fresh Florida Products Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is reminding buyers and sellers of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables subject to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) of the actions that must be taken for a seller to preserve their PACA trust rights in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or electronic invoicing (collectively, “EDI”) systems.

In June, The Canadian Produce Marketing Association was pleased to see Bill C-280, the Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act, introduced by Member of Parliament Scot Davidson in the House of Commons.

In a complaint filed on Sept. 30, 2019, the USDA alleged that New York Mart Group Inc., Long Island City, N.Y., failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $896,107 to 23 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the PACA.

USDA 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 (PACA).

USDA has filed an administrative complaint against Burbano Corporation, doing business as CasaBella Farms Corp. (Burbano) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.