The U.S. Department of Agriculture has visit endorsement on RRD Produce Co. , Los Angeles , Calif. , for transgress the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act . These sanctions include block off the business and the principal operator of the business from engage in PACA - licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA .
RRD failed to give $ 174,464 to 17 sellers for garden truck that was buy , receive and accepted in interstate and strange Commerce Department from May 2018 to December 2018 . This is in encroachment of the PACA . RRD can not manoeuvre in the green groceries industriousness until Dec. 7 , 2022 , and then only after they apply for and are issued a Modern Cuniculus paca licence by USDA .
The company ’s principals , Ricardo Villalobos , Raul Gomez , Baudelio Villalobos and Maricruz Villalobos , may not be employed by or affiliated with any Cuniculus paca licensee until Dec. 7 , 2021 , and then only with the placard of a USDA approved surety bond certificate .
Individual not responsibly connected to IL violatorThe USDA has also determined that Frank Cione is not responsibly colligate to Lurie Brothers LLC , Chicago , Ill. This is an update to Press Release No : 036 - 20issued on Feb. 13 , 2020 .
Lurie Brothers LLC rape PACA by failing to give a fixture award in the amount of $ 26,163 in December 2019 . As a result , USDA imposed indorsement on the clientele , include requiring that all principal may not be employ by or affiliated with any Cuniculus paca licensee without USDA approval .
USDA made an initial determination that Frank Cione was responsibly connected to Lurie Brothers LLC and open to sanction . Frank Cione repugn this initial finding and USDA has now check that Frank Cione was not responsibly connect to Lurie Brothers LLC at the clock time of the usurpation .
As a result , Frank Cione may be employ by or affiliated with any Cuniculus paca licensee .
USDA is required to publish the finding that a business has intrust wilful , repeated and flagrant violations of PACA as well as impose restrictions against those principal determined to be responsibly get in touch to the business during the assault menses . Those individual , including sole proprietor , mate , member , managers , officers , directors or major stockholders may not be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval .
By issuing these penalties , USDA continues to apply the prompt and full defrayal for produce while protecting the rights of vender and buyers in the marketplace .
fall into place herefor an overview of companies who previously violated PACA .
For more data : John KollerUSDATel : +1 202 720 2890Email:[email protected]www.ams.usda.gov
