USDA files PACA complaint against New York Mart Group
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against New York Mart Group Inc., Long Island, N.Y., for failing to pay almost $900,000 to produce sellers.
The USDA Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act division filed the complaint alleging the company hasn’t paid 23 produce sellers about $896,000. The period of non-payment is from October 2016 to December 2018, according to a USDA news release.
New York Mart Group can request a hearing about the allegations, but if the USDA finds the company committed PACA violations, it will be barred from the produce industry as a PACA licensee for up to three years. Its principals could also be barred from the industry for up to two years, according to the release.
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