The 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.
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, according to a news release.
The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry, the release said:
- Marin Produce & Farmers Corp., operating out of Miami, for failing to pay a $10,195 award in favor of a Florida seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Marin Maynor was listed as the sole officer, director and stockholder of the business.
- Kallions Inc., operating out of Bronx, N.Y., for failing to pay a $736,430 award in favor of a Texas seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Matthew Fallatta and Francis Chege were listed as the officers, directors and major shareholders of the business.
- Two Fish Distribution Co., operating out of Chicago, for failing to pay a $27,803 award in favor of a Washington seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Yasmin Curtis was listed as the sole officer, director and stockholder of the business.
For more information, contact Penny Robinson-Landrigan, chief of the Dispute Resolution Branch, at 202-720-2890, or PACAdispute@usda.gov.
